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Mask off and breathe

Anita Govan COUNTRY: South Africa ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor ARTWORK SIZE: 36x26cm DETAILS: Breathing is a privilege that we are born with but not be taken for granted in the context of the pandemic. The tranquil mood in this scene caught my attention. Permission from the photographer has been granted. Mask and birds were my addition.

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Umhlanga Rocks

Anita Govan COUNTRY: South Africa ARTWORK MEDIUM: Acrylic ARTWORK SIZE: 40.5×50.5cm DETAILS: Umhlanga in Kwazulu Natal is a special place that holds fond memories of family holidays. In the light of the pandemic with its restrictions, I am hoping to spend quality family time in our favourite place once again.

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Learn, love, hope

Irene Ellis COUNTRY: South Africa ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor ARTWORK SIZE: 30 x 40 cm

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Where we meet

Evthimia Nikitidis COUNTRY: South Africa ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor ARTWORK SIZE: 28.5 x 20.3 cm

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Breaking storm

Evthimia Nikitidis COUNTRY: South Africa ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor ARTWORK SIZE: 28.8 x 23 cm DETAILS: Looking out my window across the bridge waiting for when the storm will end in Karlskrona, Sweden.

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Morning sunshine

ZHOU TIANYA COUNTRY: China ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor ARTWORK SIZE: 112X150cm(44"X59") DETAILS: This is a temporary breakfast stall in the street. It was once the most common sight in China and the memory of generations. With the development of the economy and the modernization of the city, it is considered to be synonymous of being dirty, […]

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The Beacon of Hope

Anne van der Meulen COUNTRY: South Africa ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor | Ink DETAILS: The Cape St Francis Lighthouse painted after receiving my 2nd Covid Vaccine. There is hope for a life after Covid. Painted on Arches Cotton.

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“Tomorrow Dawns a New Day”

Wendy Merrifield COUNTRY: South Africa ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor ARTWORK SIZE: 34.5 x 24.5cms DETAILS: Painted from a photo taken by the artist herself in Champoluc, Italy.

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Release

Bronwen Schalkwyk COUNTRY: South Africa ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor | Casein ARTWORK SIZE: 30cm x 30cm

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Cadillac Street (Mitchell’s Plain)

Charlton Swart COUNTRY: South Africa ARTWORK MEDIUM: Gouache ARTWORK SIZE: A3 DETAILS: This is a drawing of my street where I live in and it is done with gouache on hot press paper. For the 11 years that I do art now is this my first attempt at a street, our street in Mitchell’s Plain […]

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Seeking the light

Coral Ye Chen COUNTRY: Canada ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor ARTWORK SIZE: 61 x 45 cm DETAILS: “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness” – Desmond Tutu

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Expressions of hope reawakening

Naomi Lichtenstein COUNTRY: South Africa ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor ARTWORK SIZE: A3 DETAILS: Modernised version expressions of hope

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Green & Gold Hope for South Africa

Wendy Pretorius COUNTRY: South Africa ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor ARTWORK SIZE: 34X30cm

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Forest walk II

Cathy Fourie COUNTRY: South Africa ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor ARTWORK SIZE: 30 x 20cm DETAILS: Watercolour with some acrylic ink and watersoluble colour pencils on Bockingford 300g CP paper

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Forest walk I

Cathy Fourie COUNTRY: South Africa ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor ARTWORK SIZE: 30 x 20cm DETAILS: Watercolour with acrylic ink and watersoluble colour pencils on Bockingford 300g CP paper.

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Barefoot innocence

Willemien Burger COUNTRY: RSA ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor ARTWORK SIZE: 19cm x 27cm DETAILS: Image: Pixabay A4 Hot pressed 300gsm paper, stretched

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Beauty in the small things

Willemien Burger COUNTRY: RSA ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor ARTWORK SIZE: 12.5cm x 19cm DETAILS: Image: Pixabay Painted on A5, 300gsm hot-pressed, stretched watercolor paper

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Looking to the future

Ianthe Hudson COUNTRY: South Africa ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor ARTWORK SIZE: 21cm x 30cm DETAILS: A painting of my granddaughter.

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Orange dahlia

Ianthe Hudson COUNTRY: South Africa ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor ARTWORK SIZE: 52cm x 52cm DETAILS: An outside painting of a dahlia from my garden, which depicts hope from appearing each year in spring and disappearing in winter.

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Hope in the Midst of the Storm

Lou Ann Young COUNTRY: South Africa ARTWORK MEDIUM: Watercolor | Casein ARTWORK SIZE: 12 x23.5cm DETAILS: Even in the midst of a storm, light shines. Even in the midst of the storm, there is beauty. Even in the midst of the storm, there is Hope…