⚡︎ My biggest sale ever is now live! ⚡︎ 40% off 2014 | 30% off 2013 | 20% off everything else (even frames). Custom wood framing and worldwide shipping available. Please place your order by 7AM GMT+2 on the 14th of December to receive your order by Christmas. ☼ Thank you for the incredible support so far (and a huge thanks to my team at @artist.admin for managing all of this for me)! ⚘ (at Cape Town, Western Cape)
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Things are chaotic around here as we get ready to launch my 60-hour Flash Sale starting online later today 🤞🏻 and prepare for my first ever Studio Sale this Saturday. 📦 We have STACKS of posters and prints (returned from shows all over the world and not suitable for selling online - like posters signed “New York, 2015”) available at a huge discount, ready to go to their new homes. 🏠 Please email monique@artistadmin.co.za to book a slot for Saturday - they are filling up fast! Can’t wait to have welcome you into my space. 👋🏻 (at Observatory, Western Cape, South Africa)
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The silver prototype of my Lover’s Eye pendants finally arrived, and I am so happy with it so far. Can’t wait to see it in gold, and with the addition of the glass domes. Sapphire crystal, actually. ✨ These pieces are going to be so special, I can’t wait to make them available to the public. 👁 I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how it’ll work so here’s a quick summary: I’ll have a page on my website where you’ll be able to choose the pendant’s metal and chain length. After that, you will need to send me reference pictures of the eye you’d like me to paint, as well as the date to be inscribed on the back. I will paint the eye, have it set in the pendant and have the date engraved on the back. You will receive this in addition to a once-off signed and framed print of the piece. If you’d like to get onto the waiting list (with no obligation to purchase once the prices have been finalized), please email monique@artistadmin.co.za with the subject line “Lover’s Eyes”. (at Observatory, Western Cape, South Africa)
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This is just a little reminder to be kind and to remember that festive times can be as hard/triggering for some as they are joyful/nostalgic to others. Be gentle with the Grinches, you don’t know the stories they may be holding. 🎄

Prints at the link in my bio. (at Observatory, Western Cape, South Africa)
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Walpole Packenham Homestead. 33 mm x 26 mm. 🌷🌲🌳
A commissioned piece for @iapacky + @susanpackenham (thank you for trusting me with your memories!). Check out my stories for pictures of the process.
(at Cape Town, Western Cape)
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Have you tasted waterblommetjies? 🍃
Prints at the link in my profile. (at Observatory, Western Cape, South Africa)
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Coachella Valley on film (taken from Keys View in Joshua Tree National Park). ☁️

The fact that we got to visit at least 8 National Parks on our US road trip was definitely the highlight of the trip for me. I would go back in a heartbeat. Do you have a favourite park? 🏔

#joshuatree #coachellavalley #film
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Western Leopard Toad. 🐸🍂
Framed/unframed prints available at the link in my bio. (at Cape Town, Western Cape)
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A wee swee waxbill. 🐦 ❤️

Prints at the link in my profile. (at Observatory, Western Cape, South Africa)
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New babies for my collection. ✂️ (at Cape Town, Western Cape)
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⚘☼ So excited for my first STUDIO SALE ever! I’ll be opening my space to the public on the 8th of December from 10am - 2pm. I’m making room for all the new things to come and raising funds for my show in London next year. Come say hi! ☼⚘

(Check my feed and stories for more details closer to the time).

#paintingsforants #studiosale (at Cape Town, Western Cape)
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The Chicago Skyline, 25 April 2017. 🏙 🌸
Prints at the link in my profile.
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The very first set I made at @clayhands came out of the kiln this week: pinch pots inspired by the sun, moon and stars. 🌞🌙✨

I wanted to make some things I needed for my desk: a water bowl, bowl for pencil shavings and a pot for my brushes. They’re wonky, messy and chipped but it’s what they represent that matters more to me: explorations into the unknown, making mistakes, taking the time to play, and really just how refreshing it’s been to try something different to the miniature paintings I’ve been doing for 5 years straight.

I’m definitely not going to become a ceramicist now, don’t worry - I’ll leave that to the pro’s (@munnike + @floriangadsby + @christogiles + @almedapottery I’m looking at you!) - for now I’m just really enjoying this weekly opportunity to mess around.
(at Cape Town, Western Cape)
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MOUNTAIN GORILLA 🦍. 25 x 28 mm. I think we need every bit of good news we can get these days, so here goes: Last week, the IUCN changed the once critically endangered mountain gorilla’s status to endangered. 🙌🏻Since groups like @gorilladoctors first began working with the species, their numbers have grown from about 250 to 1004. In the words of Inger Anderson (IUCN’s Director General: “These conservation successes are proof that the ambitious, collaborative efforts of governments, business and civil society could turn back the tide of species loss.” What can you do? Recycle your old cellphones (if you can’t give them to someone in need). Coltan, a mineral used in handheld electronics is often destructively mined in Central Africa, which is home to this species (amongst others). I wasn’t aware of that - thanks @joelsartore! (at Cape Town, Western Cape)
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Peony, painted on 13 November 2014. 🌸 (at Cape Town, Western Cape)
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