Artist: Stephan van Heerden
Stephan van Heerden is a part time painter and a full time Social Worker. He was born on 27 January 1967 in Welkom and is married with 2 children. The discovery of his artistic soul came hand in hand with his discovery of being a therapist - both was discovered when he was little. He started painting when he was just 9 and sold his first painting when he was 12. According to his mother, Stephan walked around with pen and paper in hand and constantly made plans to help people "feel better". At the age of 15 he decided to become a social worker.

As kind  wat nog nie kon skilder nie het Stephan altyd die Russies gebore Suid-Afrikaner, Vladimir Tretchikoff, se portrette  bewonder. Tot sy verrassing  het ‘n kunsversamelaar eenmaal na ‘n skildery van Stephan verwys as ‘n Tretchikoff en so het ‘n kinderfantasie waar geword. Sy skilder passie is meesterlike tegniek in sy werk. Mense wil  gereeld weet hoe hy dit regkry om  die vel so lewensgetrou te laat lyk, of waarvandaan die  vrede en nostalgie kom wat uit sy skilderye straal. Stephan se skilder-tegniek het oor jare ontwikkel en is ‘n tydsame proses waarin die prent geleidelik ontwikkel deur die aanwending van verskillende lae verf wat elkeen  eiesoortige  aangewend word.

He has no formal training in art. Painting was his biggest passion as a boy - part because oils fascinated him and part because he discovered a magical world where his paint brush and paint could connect with other people. A place where he could be himself without prejudice, where people could meet without boundaries and accept each other. Stephan used his art to express himself, in the process losing his stutter as a child.

Stephan se mees geliefde tema is waar hy die skoonheid van gesig en liggaam kan vaslê. Hy beskou skoonheid as ‘n gawe.

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