Featured Ghanaian Artist

Hector Ofor

Featured South African Artist

Lynette Hamman

His touch of finesse and sound craftsmanship pervades through his works. Ofori is a figurative artist. His theme centers mostly on women - specifically as a celebration of the beauty of the Ghanaian woman. His study of the human figure is more an idealistic than realistic representation. However, he paints with equal mastery any subject matter that supports his visual sense of beauty. Despite his versatility in terms of style and technique, Ofori has coined an identity for himself in recent years. His more recent works defy a general convention that disregarded the use of black in a painting. He defines his style as "contourism" and involves the use of black lines, which pervade and integrate his works. His paintings are sensitive in color, fresh, alive with feeling and well organized.

Lynette Hamman exhibited widely in South Africa over a period of 25 years by personal exhibitions and in galleries all over the country. Since 1981, she had various exhibitions in the Netherlands, Paris, Rome, and the Greek Islands, where she was influenced by the beautiful cities and arts of Europe and the Greek Islands. Since then her style developed the same passionate coloring and movement. Her work exudes rhythm and especially the indigenous sceneries and people of the land. Her work is very romantic, and is done with a palette knife in oils. Her love for blossom trees is also a connection to the early romantic time of the masters in Impressionism. Shapes and forms of people always interest her and movement of light is usually utilized in her work.