I was born and raised in South Africa and immigrated to Canada in 1997.
My parents are both very talented and I believe the love for creating art is in my genes. On my father's side were two well known South-African artists. My uncle Hendrik Diederiks was famous for his nature paintings and my aunt Cathy-May for her floral paintings. Unfortunately they both died at a very young age. My Uncle died in a hunting accident and my Aunt from a long sickbed. Their work is still an inspiration for me.
As a child I loved my colouring books and drawing pictures, but I never painted (although I built myself an easel).
After grade twelve I did all kinds of jobs. I even had my own daycare centre. Always creating everything but paintings.
It was only when I came to live in Canada that I started my painting career. I am a self taught artist who paints for fun , and by putting my work up for sale is my way of giving something of myself back to the world so everyone can enjoy it.