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Johannes du Plessis is a well-known and respected South African artist who has been exhibiting since 1982 in South Africa and internationally and his works are represented in public and private collections all over the world. His work represents a vast playground of fulfilment with several stimuli as artistic references, all eventually recognizable and available to the viewer as if his/her own. Hannes Loots studied sculpturing techniques by attending the Art School of Port Elizabeth Technicon’s Faculty of Art and Design under the guidance of David Jones and Andriette Wentzel. Loots was awarded the Dave MacGregor sculpture trophy by the Eastern Province Society of Fine Arts in 1993 and has since 1996 taken part in many combined exhibitions in South Africa and Dubai. Although working in different media, Loots prefer indigenous wood, bronze, stone and soft metals. Loots is a medical doctor, executive consultant, student in philosophy, traveller and sculptor living in Stellenbosch. Some still life objects and organic forms have stayed with me and will always be part of my visual vocabulary. He stimulated the awareness that a painting must have some decorative soul, that a painting should give beauty and tranquility in a world of chaos, destruction and often utter ugliness. It was not for sale as the Guest Artist project was an incentive to introduce deserving artists, living and working in Johannesburg, to the public. But several offers to buy it, were made, one from the Durban Art Museum as well as visitors from overseas. There was no burning desire to capture nature on canvas. In fact, by the time he reached retirement age, he had never so much as lifted a brush. He arranged a meeting with a potential new client at his creative marketing company. In the middle of the meeting, the stranger (are they called so because they are odder than other people we know?) They reached an impasse and she reluctantly agreed to drop the subject. But she’d invaded his headspace and over the next few days he found himself thinking that maybe there was a message. The more he tried to dispel the thought, the stronger it became. As a direct result of that rather surreal meeting he began dabbling in art. His first few efforts were, to say the least, inauspicious. Although he had no idea what to do, he steadfastly refused to go for lessons. His refusal to be taught was born of ignorance and fear rather than arrogance. He decided early on that he would not copy anyone and would only paint the images that formed in his head. Mavericks hate being told what to do.Today, on the eve of his first exhibition, he has still not had a lesson. He has made countless mistakes and spoiled many canvasses. Mistakes are expensive and make you learn fast.David has never wanted to paint for art connoisseurs nor has he ever sought the approval of the art establishment. Instead he strives to create work that is unique and original and reflects his personality. He wants to produce work that is different and that people want to have hanging on their walls.You may like his work or you may not. He casts spells on canvas, conjuring new and greater order out of whirls of chaos. His contemporary expressionist approach appeals to the imagination and encourages communication’.