SHEILA NOWERS

show her work at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London and the International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Toronto. She exhibited at the Cape Town Triennial in 1985 and 1988. In 1989 she was selected to show her work at the Vita Now Exhibition, Johannesburg. In 1991 she exhibited at the Midlands Contemporary Art Gallery, Birmingham. Since 1990 she has been concentrating on commissioned portraiture; sitters include Helen Suzman and Harry Oppenheimer. University of the Orange Free State Sasol Durban Art Museum Johannesburg Art Gallery South African National Gallery Nedbank Pretoria Art Museum Standard Bank First National Bank Represented in “150 Masterpieces of South African Painting”, STRUIK Publishers, 1990. I never consciously set out to paint  

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small pictures; in fact, when I’m working on a painting it assumes for me quite large proportions. On reflection, that is probably why I’ve achieved a degree of success with the small format. If I had to analyse the influences regarding my work, I have a great interest in the early illustrated manuscripts, as well as the delicately ornate painting of the 15th Century German and Flemish artists. A strong sense of the tactile means that I “construct” my work in mixed media. My paintings are conceived from a passion for strict pattern and vivid colour. The decorative quality dominates throughout.