Skurweberg Mountain Range, 2024

Skurweberg ( meaning Rough Mountain in Afrikaans) have been my inspiration on this mountain scene on a trip back to South Africa in 2022. I have this obsession with painting mountains and mountain ranges, their unique shapes, colouring and topographic qualities on all our travels. Some are lucky enough to become paintings and some are still just ideas in my mind. I have realised over the years that my mountain obsession is in a way a tribute and way of worship to honour God as creator of our universe and how in scripture His power and majesty is often compared to mountains. “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭90‬:‭2‬ ‭KJV‬‬ I love how i can create depth and texture with oil paints and create movement in the paintings through colour marbling. This painting showcases some of my favourite techniques used especially in my landscape paintings. This artwork was painted with palette knives.

Lente Oosthuizen, a South African migrated to Australia 12 years ago. She lives with her husband and two kids in Newcastle, NSW.
Lente is drawn to the bush, forests, mountains, water and landscapes.
She finds inspiration in botanicals, the ocean, aerial perspectives, geography and topography, cross sections and any texture and organic element found in nature. Every walk in nature has me in awe of creation, and a feeling of ‘I need to paint that!’
Her passion for painting and creating art finally started in 2020 after many years of knowing to just dive in and start.
Having a career as hairdresser with 20 years experience and speciality in color, a large part of her art practice is based on her knowledge in color theory.
She has a special love for oils and palette knives, and loves the texture and dimension she can create with it.
Contemporary landscapes and landscape expressionism describes her work.