| - - duncan stewart - - | - - artist for higher - - | Van Gogh Museum - (Her)ontdek de werken van Vincent van Gogh. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the museum of the Netherlands. The Haymakers. Claude Oscar Monet - The complete works. Artlife : Alida Bothma. Alida Bothma - Fine Art. The artist grew up in Pretoria, after which she obtained a diploma in Graphic Design at the art school of the Cape Town Technikon, with distinctions in drawing, graphic art and history of art.
Her career started as an illustrator in an advertising agency in Cape Town. Her first international exposure was in 1979, when some of her work was included in a watercolour exhibition in West Germany, with other South African artists like Walter Battiss, Maud Sumner, Adolph Jentsch and Andrew Verster. Her involvement in illustrating children’s books, which later extended to poetry and other books, began in the early 1980’s and now stretches over about 150 books. “The interchange between painting and illustrating works well for me. I am often inspired by the printed word, be it a children’s story, a poem, or Scripture.” She uses a variety of media and techniques, such as ink, charcoal, mixed media, oil, acrylics, pastel and watercolour.
National Exhibitions Some International Exhibitions. Martie marais.