Marlise Keith
Encyclopedia
Marlise Keith is a South African artist working in ink
, pencil
and acrylics
on canvas, board and glass (reverse glass painting). Her works can be found in a number of international collections in South Africa, America, Britain, Germany and Sweden. She worked as an art teacher at Rustenburg High School for Girls
in Cape Town
until 2003.
Ms Keith has exhibited widely and her works are to be found in collections all around the world.
Team Sanity, 140 x 100 cm, Mixed media on board, 2006
Selected for the Absa Atelier 2006
Ink
Ink is a liquid or paste that contains pigments and/or dyes and is used to color a surface to produce an image, text, or design. Ink is used for drawing and/or writing with a pen, brush, or quill...
, pencil
Pencil
A pencil is a writing implement or art medium usually constructed of a narrow, solid pigment core inside a protective casing. The case prevents the core from breaking, and also from marking the user’s hand during use....
and acrylics
Acrylic paint
Acrylic paint is fast drying paint containing pigment suspension in acrylic polymer emulsion. Acrylic paints can be diluted with water, but become water-resistant when dry...
on canvas, board and glass (reverse glass painting). Her works can be found in a number of international collections in South Africa, America, Britain, Germany and Sweden. She worked as an art teacher at Rustenburg High School for Girls
Rustenburg School for Girls
Rustenburg Girls' High School and Rustenburg Junior School make up a prestigious public school situated in the suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa...
in Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
until 2003.
Works
Ms Keith's work is influenced by people, her surroundings and aspects of her personal life. Dreams play an important role in many works, where she captures often disturbing but mostly surreal moments in small, detailed areas of her larger works.It is important to examine her works in great detail to see images receding into the surface and to fully enjoy the complexity and whimsical nature of her illustrative style.Ms Keith has exhibited widely and her works are to be found in collections all around the world.
Awards
Winner of the Vuleka Art Competition 2006Team Sanity, 140 x 100 cm, Mixed media on board, 2006
Selected for the Absa Atelier 2006