Derric van Rensburg internationally known for his superb impressionist paintings, is rated as one of South Africa’s top practicing artists.

 It all started at the age of ten when he did his first pencil drawing, and his career later followed the commercial and manufacturing world of the creative arts,

as well as teaching art before he became a professional artist in 1986.

 This year, Derric van Rensburg celebrated his fifty-fifth birthday with a highly successful solo exhibition of his latest works at the Lindy van Niekerk Art Gallery

 in Welgemoed, Cape Town. An integral part of this exhibition, was also the launch of a 200 page, full colour coffee table book, about Derric van Rensburg the artist and his art,

 from a young age, to the present. Derric van Rensburg is a talented, versatile artist who has in many ways contributed to the development of emerging artists. He has done so, not only through teaching art as a profession, but also through numerous workshops and private tutorials.

 His first exhibition was held in Cape Town in 1978 and was sold out within a few days. Since then he has exhibited annually in South Africa,

and also successfully exhibited in Portugal, England, Italy, Australia and Germany.

Most of his commissions are placed by multinational corporate clients

and his art is being marketed and sold all over the world. Included amongst the national and international corporate clients who have purchased his art,

 are First National Bank, South African Airways, Transnet, Liberty Life, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Reebok, Ernst &Young, Alexander Forbes, BP,

Mobil and Barnard Jacobs Mellet, as well as a number of South Africa’s best known hotels. 

 His work is represented by selected top galleries throughout South Africa and abroad and many of his paintings hang in homes and major corporate

companies in Australia, England, Singapore, Switzerland, Portugal, Germany and Italy.  

Derric van Rensburg also contributes to many charitable organizations on a regular basis, amongst others: Red Cross Chidren's Hospital,

Corner Stone Christian College, Bergvliet High School, Animal Welfare Association, Vista Nova School, Sri Lanka Tsunami Relief fund, Outreach to Mozambique

Children fund, Dance For All (A project to teach dancing and ballet to township children), Girl child in Africa and CHOC.

 My work takes the form of colour, texture and composition, rather than detail. I am essentially an Impressionist and I attribute my brand of expression to a colourful

country that has inspired and sustained me in my professional career.

“I do not paint because it is my work. I paint because, as Martin Luther said, I “can do no other”.