Bronwen Findlay
Bronwen Findlay (b. 1953) is a South African artist working across printmaking and painting. She draws inspiration for her work from the places where she has been or has stayed. She also draws inspiration from her collections and from the people with whom she collaborates. She is also informed by her everyday life and the objects that surround her, bringing them into her paintingsand juxtaposing them with unrelated objects. he often chooses subject matter that is easily dismissed as feminine or domestic. Since her early works, she has made frequent use or reference to fabrics and textiles; in one instance imprinting the texture of a blanket into the softground.
Bronwen Findlay (b. 1953) is a South African painter and printmaker whose work is informed by the places she has lived in or visited, as well as the people she collaborates with and the things that she collects. As a painter who takes great pleasure from ornamental styles, Findlay’s work is intensely colourful and intricately detailed. The subjects of Bronwen’s works are inspired by her everyday life; often in her paintings these commonplace objects are incorporated into the work and juxtaposed with seemingly unrelated objects. She often chooses subject matter that is easily dismissed as feminine or domestic. Since her early works, she has made frequent use or reference to fabrics and textiles; in one instance imprinting the texture of a blanket into the softground.
Findlay studied art at Natal Technicon Durban and the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg, receiving her BA in 1980 and her HED in 1981. In 1989, she received her honours Cum Laude, which she followed up in 1994 with her Masters in Fine Art, also Cum Laude. She taught at Durban High School from 1982 – 1992 and lectured at the University of Durban Westville from 1993 until the year 2000, and at the University og Natal, Natal Technikon and both the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Johannesburg. Findlay completed a series of Monotypes at DKW, in 2011. She has continued to experiment with textures and colours, creating images that are complex and layered.
