Notes

“His primary theme through out his life was landscape; only seldom did he portray still-life or the human figure and very rarely did he introduce animals or people into his large scenic compositions. Though he depicted homesteads, city views and mining establishments, there is no sign of human activity in his detached perspectives; the symbols of life in his silent, ordered world of nature are established in the stylised, isolated forms of trees and other verdure.”¹

—Esmé Berman

^1. Esmé Berman (1996) Art and Artists of South Africa, Johannesburg: South Book Publishers, reference from page 328.