An idea for a painting comes to me on a mountain or in the garden. But then what I have in mind generally takes a very different form to what was intended. So I try not to plan anything and enjoy the process instead.
is an abstract painter. In her practice, Le Roux aims to distill the essence of mountains, rocks, plants and water - into simplified shapes, capturing their inherent beauty and energy. Her paintings have two layers - a first, expressive and messy layer of acrylic paint and then a second containing restrained meditative mark-making in white paint. The result is something mostly unplanned.
Formally untrained, Le Roux started painting 8 years ago when she was pregnant with her first child. She recently moved to Cape Town, South Africa after living in San Francisco for 10 years.
