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Her career started at the age of 18
when she exhibited her work for the first time.
Her work is unique in the South
African art sphere and shows a juxtaposition of
emotions, of things ancient and
modern, strongly sensual, sometimes lighthearted
and often tinged with a sense of
sadness. Her fascination for the purity of
medieval iconography, interconnected
with 20th century technology, social
realities and the ambiguity of
surrealism, is obvious. |
 Woman with hat Mixed 45x35cm(F-68x58cm) R7100-00 |
The preferred media that she works in
is tempera and oil on canvas and her
inspiration for the special technique
she uses in painting, comes from frescoes
and icons from the middle ages,
especially Giotto’s work. She feels that an over
explanation of her work would render
it impotent and therefore does not title her
work. For her, the beauty of art is
in the interaction of the viewers with their
subjective personal view with a
specific painting, to find meaning in the imagery.
Hannetjie de Clercq has been
acknowledged as one of
by SASOL, where her work forms part
of the impressive SASOL ART
COLLECTION, where she shares this
honor with other famous South African artists like Walter Battis, Maggie Laubser, J H Pierneef, Alexander Rose-Innes and Irma Stern, amongst others. |