A day filled with color and joy

DeOudeHuize

We believe that you can approach any piece of art with boundaries or rules.

I think respect is a very important thing, but we discover as we go along the way and that is really important. 

Thanks to Theunis for this very special photo of their home

We had the wonderful opportunity to visit Thelmi and Theunis at the home in Harrismith. 

The home has no definite areas for office or art gallery or art studio 

Their story is shared by the host of De Oude Huize Yard

The welcoming committee in the garden 

Thelmi arrives with coffee and rusks 

All the little details in the garden 

A wonderful walk in the garden 

An Aloe against the wall

A special painting on the stoep 

The color enriched entrance
Lemoene vye en skilderye (Orange figs and paintings)

The dinning room where there is an beautiful white Wedge wood display 

A special painting with a text from a poem "Halwe Engel" written by Breyten Breytenbach 

Thelmi's studio and look-out for the angle in the wardrobe

Angles in Thelmi's paintings 

“Creativity takes courage.” 
Henri Matisse 

The courtyard is filled with surprises

A painting of a wind pumps matches the curtains in the kitchen 

Laatnag kuier - Late night visit 

Self-Portrait by Willem Pretorius 
“To be an artist is to believe in life.”
Henry Moore 

The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.Piet Mondrian 

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life 
Pablo Picasso 

This map measure distance in the traveling time on horseback 

The ever presence of Platberg 

What moves men of genius, or rather what inspires their work, is not new ideas,
but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough 
Eugene Delacroix 

To soon it is time to leave 

A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree; or draw a child by studying the outlines of its form merely but by watching for a time his motions and plays, the painter enters into his nature and can then draw him at every attitude…

I hope that you have find  this visit just inspiring as we did  
Lots of Love South Africa  

Sandra 

Thank you for all the wonderful friends sharing this story!!!

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