Arie Coetzee

Arie Coetzee Contemporary Fine Art: Painting in oils and acrylic, lino and woodblock printing, handmade ceramics, marquetry

Artistic background

Arie Coetzee is Head of Art at Feltonfleet School in Cobham. He creates pieces through painting, drawing, ceramics and printing and enjoys working with new techniques and mediums.
Born in 1962, Arie grew up in a small town in South Africa, in a family where art was always visible. His inspiration is the exuberant colour of yellow wheat fields, blue rolling mountains, the emptiness of the countryside, the wide open skies filled with thunderous summer clouds and the friendly people of South Africa. All this is visible in his work.
His work, employing emotionally charged thick brushwork, takes inspiration from the simplicity and naivety of Van Gogh, and from Rembrandt’s exquisite use of light and shadow; bright colours streak energetically across the canvas. Some works adopt a calmer, subtler use of colour but the richness of pure pigment and heavy application is often uncontrollable.

Quote

"Art is not just a way of life, it is life. Creating is the art of living in the freedom of your own mind." Arie Coetzee

“When I dip my brush into paint, I dip it into my soul.” (Amos Langdown – a world renowned South African artist).

Interests

Music, bass guitar, bonsai trees, marquetry, reading, writing poetry.

My Quiet

Quiet exhales breaths of silent in silence
Quiet rests amid stillness and soundless
Quiet stays amongst peaceful and still
Quiet resides between hush and tranquil
Quiet is not silence nor is it silent.

My quiet does not mean I’m angry
My quiet does not suggest I’m lonely
My quiet does not reflect the mood I’m in
My quiet only show that I’m thinking
Reflecting and contemplating a thought or idea.

Accepts Commissions?

Yes