Paul Painting

Paul Painting lives and works in Cape Town. He has a BA Graphic Design from the Technikon Witwatersrand but found that commercial art satisfied little of his creative motives and went on to balance his passion for traditional painting techniques with his fascination for filmmaking.

Painting’s preoccupations centre on the self; expressed through a syntax of deeply personalised symbols and ambiguous constructions while remaining figurative in nature. A respect for traditional craftsmanship is evident in his printmaking and oil paintings. Often working with secondary sources, the artist’s works have a surreal and hazy quality whilst still retaining certain figuration.