For today’s post I am featuring Inge Dagmar Manders and her stunning paintings! Enjoy~
Inge Dagmar Manders~
Born in: 1966
Location: Sakabula, South Africa
Inge Dagmar Manders was born in Holland in 1966 and has lived in many countries, such as Ethiopia, New Zealand, Brazil and Switzerland to name a few! She now currently resides in Sakabula, South Africa were she also has her studio.
Inge has worked in industrial design, advertising, languages, safari guiding and interior design before moving to a farm in the KZN Midlands ( an inland area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa). She has also worked for almost 10 years as an operator a holiday destination for the equestrians. Inge has owned various breeds of horses, from Friesians, Arabians, TB’s, Welsh ponies and a Lusitano stallion in Brazil. She still owns Yogi, her Black Arab Stallion, as she says the” love of my life”. She also owns seven cats that sometimes appear in her paintings.
“Living around the world greatly influenced my art and am drawn to unusual mediums and techniques. My passion these days lies with gold, copper and silver leaf in composite and pure forms, in combination with oil paint. It’s a technique that has taken me a number of years to perfect, especially the pagination process of the various metal leaves.”~ Inge Dagmar Manders
What is your favorite thing about the art that you do?
Why did you chose to do paintings?
I hope all of you enjoyed seeing Inge’s beautiful and unique paintings! Thank you Inge for letting me feature you and answering my questions!
*Also, just to let you know, Inge has entered her art in the Equus Film Festival’s poster contest! to help her get the votes that she needs to win, go to their Facebook Album!
If you would like to see my other post on the EFF, click Here.
Shya
Huh? What? Well, I will believe that when I see flying Shetlands !
Art Of The Horse 