• S2E39: Ilse de Villiers, Wildlife Acrylic Artist

  • Sep 24 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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S2E39: Ilse de Villiers, Wildlife Acrylic Artist

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  • This week's guest is the South African wildlife acrylic artist Ilse de Villiers. Ilse works in detailed realism of her subjects, which portray the dramatic wildlife of Africa in its natural habitat drawing mainly from photographic reference. Ilse says although she was always considered relatively talented she was not encouraged to pursue art so making it her career was never in her wildest dreams. Ilse was born in Durban in 1965, one of two daughter to father Frik Kleynhans (d) an education inspector, and mother Julie Kleynhans, a secretary, talented batik artist, horticulturist and watercolorist. An outdoor child, Ilse was always an animal lover with a wandering mind. She describes herself as a neat and organized person who preferred pencils to paint as a child. Ilse graduated with a B.A degree and Diploma in Higher Education at Bloemfontein University before teaching at a High School. In 1987 she married her college boyfriend Abraham de Villiers and the couple eventually moved to his family’s farm in Middelburg, Bethal where they raised a family while Ilse became a farm girl, cooking, sewing, baking and gardening. The tragic loss of their eldest son Abraham Jnr. in 1996 in a farm accident would prove a pivotal point in Ilse’ life when some months later a friend encouraged her to start painting which turned out to be the therapy she needed. She says she found a creative expression and that became the beginning of her life story as an artist. Ilse and her husband live in Tzaneen in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Her husband’s photographs are often used by Ilse as reference. They have a son Herman and daughter Julése. Ilse annually shows her artwork at two shows and in galleries across the US.

    Ilse’ website https://ilsewildlife.com/
    Ilse on Instagram: @ilse_wildlife
    https://www.instagram.com/ilse_wildlife/

    Women who inspire Ilse:
    Danielle Fisher
    Carla Grace
    Thalia Stanton
    Annie Drew
    Dina Brodsky
    Louise Hancock
    Samantha Greenhill
    Sandra Bartels

    Host: Chris Stafford
    Produced by Hollowell Studios
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