Description
Michael Heyns was born in 1946 in Potchefstroom and obtained his Fine Arts degree in 1967 from the University of Pretoria. His creative ability and insight enabled him to capture moods and convey these visually. He came across Ikebana in a series, published on Japan, and was impressed by the simplicity and ‘silences’ evoked by this style.
Subsequently Music began to play an important role in his life and has since remained part of his inspiration. The ‘musical themes’ of his abstract compositions, capture rhythm and sound waves. Secondly in 1967 during his final year Michael was awarded the SA Arts Association’s New Signatures award for his painting, Seetoneel. After that his first one-man exhibition was held the following year.