Full time Impressionist artist since 1995

                                International artist specializing in custom made paintings (COMMISSIONS)

                  ''One of the world's best living artists'' as judged by 25 top galleries and art museums in USA

                                         

Roelof was born in 1957, and grew up in Benoni, near Johannesburg. A very versatile painter of figures, city and landscapes, street scenes, boats and harbours, architecture, interiors, portraits, restaurant scenes and gardens. He works mainly in oils, but also in mixed media. Roelof has travelled widely internationally and occasionally going on painting vacations in Italy, France, Ukraine and USA

 

   PROFILE

  1979-1981    Studied at the Johannesburg School of Art gaining a 

                       National Diploma in Art and Design                 

  1982-1990    Employed by the Medical University of Southern Africa      

                       as graphic artist and medical illustrator

  1992             Started painting seriously on a daily basis

  1995             Successful full-time artist

     

  EXHIBITIONS

  1988-2025     A total of 51 solo exhibitions at top galleries in Johannesburg, 

                        Pretoria, Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Cheltenham and Montreal 

  1999             Three-man exhibition at the Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow

  1991-2014    Numerous group exhibitions in South Africa, London,

                        Cheltenham, Glasgow, Jersey, Galway, Miami and at the Broadway Gallery, New York

 

  ARTWORK IN HOLLYWOOD MOVIE

  In 2009, three of Rossouw’s oil paintings of Cape landscapes were hired from the Cape Gallery to feature as    props in Clint Eastwood’s movie ‘’Invictus’’. After the filming the Gallery confirmed that two of the       

  paintings returned to USA with Mr. Eastwood.

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   AWARDS

  In 2001- First prize in a competition to have his painting on the cover of Eric Bolsmann’s book on Pretoria. Also, a multiple annual award winner at the American Art Awards, The World Art Collectors' Awards and the World Art Awards where artists from over 60 countries compete. First, second and third place in the 2014 American Art Awards in the category: ‘’Human Impressionism’’. In 2024 Roelof won 4 first places in 4 different categories. Also, a cash prize for coming 3rd in the entire contest. 4 first place wins in the 2025 World Art Collectors' Choice Awards