Bird Design
San Antonio, TX
Louise was born in Johannesburg in 1956.
After finishing school, she completed the foundation year at art college. The yearning to travel, however, was too great and, at the age of 21, she ventured off to explore Europe, first with friends and then on a solo journey.
Her travels took her all over Europe – visiting France, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Sweden … in fact anywhere the train would take her. She travelled with her sketchbook, learnt a whole lot about herself and a bit about the crazy world we live in.
After a short stint back in South Africa, life took her to the US where she lived and worked for 8 years, studying Fashion Design at night. She returned to South Africa in 1988, moving to the small coastal town of Plettenberg Bay in 1998, where she lived and raised her 3 children.
Louise has done many short art courses over the years, both locally and abroad.
She has worked on and off as a full-time artist for 25 years and currently resides in Stilbaai, Western Cape.
She believes an artist’s journey has no final destination and continues to learn, take courses and expand her creative repertoire.
She paints in a range of mediums and enjoys exploring the relationships between us and our natural world in both a realistic and an abstract way.