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Saartjie
By Bianca Black
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May 6, 2026
Saartjie was born from the story of Sarah Baartman. Bianca Black on the painting, the history it carries and a body remembered.
Hello Gorgeous - Where Waterfalls Hold Memory
By Bianca Black
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May 6, 2026
The story behind Hello Gorgeous, Bianca Black's abstract painting inspired by Graskop Gorge, its waterfalls, mist and the folklore of Mpumalanga.
Nzuzu - The Water Spirit
By Bianca Black
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May 6, 2026
Nzuzu is a water spirit of Venda mythology. Bianca Black on the painting she inspired and the old stories that rivers and pools still carry.
Mlungu - The people that came from the foam
By Bianca Black
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May 6, 2026
The story behind Mlungu: white horses, sea foam and the first seafarers to reach the Southern African coast, painted by Bianca Black.
Lore & Legends
By Bianca Black
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May 6, 2026
Water, horses, female forms and hidden faces: Bianca Black on the African lore and legends that keep surfacing in her abstract paintings.
Why Artists Diversify Their Income: Beyond the Canvas
By Mike Lawrie
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September 16, 2025
Original paintings, prints, fabric and wearable art: why today's artists build several income streams beyond the canvas.
Painting Like a Child
By Mike Lawrie
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September 16, 2025
What Gav Barbey's TEDx talk teaches about painting without fear, and why play sits at the heart of Bianca Black's bold abstract work.
When Your Body Becomes the Brush
By Mike Lawrie
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September 16, 2025
Covering yourself in paint and letting your hands, hips and toes make the marks: why painting with your whole body sets the work free.
From Paper Planes to Rocket Ships: How Childhood Dreams Fuel My Art
By Mike Lawrie
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September 16, 2025
Paper planes off the stoep and dreams of space: the childhood wonder behind a cosmic painting inspired by the all-female Blue Origin flight.
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