Knysna Fine Art

12/10/2026

IN FRAGILE KEEPING

A solo exhibition by Elodie Burls opening Saturday 31 October 2026 from 11 am to 1 pm.

Contact [email protected] to receive the exhibition catalogue.

“In our increasingly tawdry world of mass-produced AI slop and clickbait, beautiful handmade artworks stand out all the more with their inherent honesty and quality shining from amidst all of the cheap imitations.

Such is the work of Elodie Burls, and we are privileged to be giving her the first solo exhibition in what I know will be an important career.

She has taken a recherché technique, mastered it utterly, and is creating works that combine glowing and lambent colours like sun through stained glass with structures that are dreamlike and yet modern and matter-of-fact simultaneously.

These landscapes and “pavilions” remind me of artists as diverse as John Piper and Piranesi but, as all good works do, they have a sense of place, and they were made in the gentle light of the Elgin Valley in which she lives.”

- Trent Read 2026

Featured artworks from left to right:

"Another Construct"
118x146.6cm
ink & bleach on RCP

"Commune"
91.4 x 69.7cm
Ink & bleach on RCP

"Biophilia"
111.5 x 175.8cm
Ink & bleach on RCP

"Stoic Apatheia"
91.4 x 70cm
Ink & bleach on RCP




Keywords: Ink & bleach on RCP, solo exhibition by Elodie Burls, Elodie Burls art exhibition, contemporary artworks, mixed media artworks

12/10/2026

TERRA INCOGNITA

 An exhibition of contemporary landscapes opening Saturday 31 October 2026 from 11 am to 1 pm.

“The title of this show emphasizes the opposite of stable ground and firm foundations and refers to shifting and contrasting perspectives, unknown territories, fluid horizons and raw geographies. Landscapes are depicted in all its many forms and the works become metaphors for our journey on earth through the beautiful, the sublime and the terrifying."

Featured works in this post from left to right:

Helena Hugo
“The Day Before The Storm II”
pastel on sandpaper laid down on board
186 x 62 cm

Fumani Maluleke
“Life Is a Bicycle” (Vutomi I Basikiri)
acrylic on grass mat

Gary Stephens
“Red Text Umbrella Acacia with Swallows Sky”, 2026
mixed media on folded paper
114 x 220 cm

Johann Koch
"After the Storm"
oil on canvas
100 x 140 cm




Keywords: art exhibition of landscapes, paintings of landscapes, contemporary landscape artworks, landscape drawings, drawings of landscapes, artworks depicting landscapes

08/10/2026

We are thrilled to show this oil painting "Soft Power" by Claire Liechtenstein. The dimensions are 154 x 154 cm.

"Claire Lichtenstein (she/her) is an abstract painter based in Wilderness, Western Cape. Working primarily in oil paint, she makes layered, gestural paintings shaped by landscape, colour, light, memory and the body. Her practice moves between abstraction, embodiment and myth, using painting as a way to process what is felt before it can fully be understood.

Claire’s techniques include immersive tactile play, considered colour placement, the adding and scraping away of paint, and listening to emotive music to create a meditative, immersive practice that develops trust in the relationship between self, the canvas and the paint. Claire’s research is informed by intersectional feminist theory through themes of survivorship, misogyny, violence and repair.

Recently, Claire has been investigating the theory of colour as light. Finding the right colour/light relationship creates a reactionary device, causing shapes to vibrate and come to life. This generates an embodied, phenomenological response in the viewer. For Claire, this is the translation of emotion into form - deciphering trauma into psychic landscape - resulting in a final, imbued, energetic object which she can then take time to sit with and reflect on, creating a momentary resolve."

06/10/2026

Leah Rolando talks about her current solo exhibition "Folded Planes" and explains her artistic process behind these fine art photographs. You can watch the full video on our YouTube channel. Link is in our bio ✨️

Video by Jaycene-Fay Ravenscroft

06/10/2026

We interviewed Leah Rolando about her current solo exhibition, "Folded Planes".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edyKgu6zuX4

In this video, we interview South African Fine Art photographer Lea...

29/09/2026

Snaps from the lovely opening on Saturday for Paul Wallington's solo exhibition of paintings, "Messengers", on show until the 25th of October 2026.

Contact [email protected] to receive the exhibition catalogue.

29/09/2026

What a wonderful opening we had on Saturday for Leah Rolando's solo exhibition "Folded Planes", on show until the 25th of October 2026.

Contact [email protected] to receive the exhibition catalogue.

Photographs by Jaycene-Fay Ravenscroft

22/09/2026

Join us for a drink to celebrate the opening of Paul Wallington's solo exhibition, "Messengers" this Saturday, 26 September 2026, from 11 am to 1 pm.

Featured works in this post from left to right:
I'll Make It There Soon
oil & acrylic on canvas
50 x 30 cm

I'll Remember You Forever
oil & acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm

Pillar II
oil & acrylic on canvas
120 x 100 cm

Contact [email protected] to receive the exhibition catalogue.

After over three years of studying abroad, I spent April & May this year in Knysna (where I went to school) painting for this exhibition. My family had sold the house in Plettenberg Bay where I grew up, and I couldn’t help feeling a sense of estrangement on returning as a visitor rather than a resident.

How do you paint the feeling of losing your childhood home? What does homesickness look like? There are moments that are real, like the roads I spent so long commuting from Plett to Knysna, or the flowers that bloomed up the road from me as a boy, or the drip castles I made as a child, but I had to bring in a Messenger as a way of reconciling that fact. It is a way of moving forward. A way of sending my condolences to a place I cannot get back to.

Who are the Messengers to a place that exists in memory? I think of bats, capable of flying back into the darkness of memory. Men in suits with their backs turned to us. Looking at something we cannot see. Men who are all grown up, isolated on sandy planes or empty chairs, as if someone has just gotten up. This show is a way to get back to a place that only lives in memory.

- Paul Wallington


South African contemporary painting, expressive painting, oil painting

17/09/2026

PAUL WALLINGTON - MESSENGERS

A solo exhibition of paintings opening Saturday, 26 September 2026, from 11 am to 1 pm.

Featured works in this post from left to right:
"Revenant II"
oil and acrylic on canvas
100 x 50 cm

"Messenger I"
oil and acrylic on canvas
70 x 40 cm

Contact [email protected] to receive the exhibition catalogue.

After over three years of studying abroad, I spent April & May this year in Knysna (where I went to school) painting for this exhibition. My family had sold the house in Plettenberg Bay where I grew up, and I couldn’t help feeling a sense of estrangement on returning as a visitor rather than a resident.

How do you paint the feeling of losing your childhood home? What does homesickness look like? There are moments that are real, like the roads I spent so long commuting from Plett to Knysna, or the flowers that bloomed up the road from me as a boy, or the drip castles I made as a child, but I had to bring in a Messenger as a way of reconciling that fact. It is a way of moving forward. A way of sending my condolences to a place I cannot get back to.

Who are the Messengers to a place that exists in memory? I think of bats, capable of flying back into the darkness of memory. Men in suits with their backs turned to us. Looking at something we cannot see. Men who are all grown up, isolated on sandy planes or empty chairs, as if someone has just gotten up. This show is a way to get back to a place that only lives in memory.

- Paul Wallington

15/09/2026

PAUL WELLINGTON - MESSENGERS

A solo exhibition of paintings opening Saturday, 26 September 2026, from 11 am to 1 pm.

Contact [email protected] to receive the exhibition catalogue.

After over three years of studying abroad, I spent April & May this year in Knysna (where I went to school) painting for this exhibition. My family had sold the house in Plettenberg Bay where I grew up, and I couldn’t help feeling a sense of estrangement on returning as a visitor rather than a resident.

How do you paint the feeling of losing your childhood home? What does homesickness look like? There are moments that are real, like the roads I spent so long commuting from Plett to Knysna, or the flowers that bloomed up the road from me as a boy, or the drip castles I made as a child, but I had to bring in a Messenger as a way of reconciling that fact. It is a way of moving forward. A way of sending my condolences to a place I cannot get back to.

Who are the Messengers to a place that exists in memory? I think of bats, capable of flying back into the darkness of memory. Men in suits with their backs turned to us. Looking at something we cannot see. Men who are all grown up, isolated on sandy planes or empty chairs, as if someone has just gotten up. This show is a way to get back to a place that only lives in memory.

- Paul Wallington