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A Deep Sense of Belonging
"It's a celebration." "It makes my heart swell."
"When I look at Ronel’s work - Here, the vast openness and the emptiness is another form of sublime. It is a glorious kind of emptiness. A full emptiness." Gerhard Marx
Solo Exhibition, Cape Town.
"Unconfined to our skulls and to what is immediate, our geographical and cultural environment has become a dynamic extension of the psyche into which we project our autobiographical and collective selves. Our perceptions, internal and external, are always emotionally charged. Every interpretation of what is going on around us or within us, is accompanied by a feeling. Our environment is never merely a geographical setting. It is an extension of a deep sense of belonging." Dr Ian McCallum, Ecological intelligence.
My intention is to express this deep sense of belonging and connection with my environment through my paintings. I deliberately choose to paint the diversity of the indigenous plants because it belongs in a specific area and I choose to paint landscapes in which I experience this deep sense of belonging.
