Pieter A. Pienaar

We may think, as artists or creatives, that the sole onus rests on us, when we plan to execute a creative idea. However, we need to take...

This morning, as I was looking through my digital portfolio, I saw this acrylic on board painting I made in 1996. I looked at it for a...

My Vision If I could press a key, To make fantasies appear, I would, I would. May it fall into place One amazing day. I am tied to a...

This post brings together a few difficult issues that deserve "deeper scrutiny", but not here and not now. Please hear my heart and bear...

What are you cooking when no one is looking? The art of cooking is perhaps the oldest form of art (and it is delightfully edible). I am...

I worked in China for two years and I tried to consolidate my experiences of the people and their world through my art projects. I...

A few good friends and I met outside Starbucks yesterday to connect like old friends do. One friend brought his photographic portfolio...

I ventured into a second-hand bookstore three days ago and I bought a few imported watercolour manuals which were printed in the United...

More than a decade ago (2007 to be exact), a gallery asked me to make a large abstract painting. They did not give me any indication of...

Two days ago, I ventured into an art gallery where I saw the beautiful works of a few friends. Another friend walked in and we started to...

Why are we so fascinated by things which are “lost”? Nowadays, we have access to YouTube and I find it very interesting to watch the...

This morning, after I had woken up, I remembered the image of the old door which I illustrated six years ago. I needed an idea for the...

How can I forget you now? The happy hills of my recollection Are named after you and you and you… You are a treasure that should last...

I am using an extract from my Journey with Jeddah coffee table book for this post. This piece comes from the chapter which deals with the...

Thirty years ago, I started a large cubist oil on board work and for some reason, (not beyond my control, I suppose) I have not finished...

This afternoon I walked past an art dealer in a shopping mall and I had the pleasure of meeting him and his son. Large lavishly framed...

I spent time today with a new friend who is helping me with a project and later I had a few phone conversations with local and...

Today a friend and I spoke about the occurrence we all experience from time to time. We had a dream during our sleep about an issue and...

I am currently in a transition phase; I am staying with a friend to organize a few personal things before I will go to a more permanent...

I looked at a work of mine that I entitled, “School memories”. This art work depicts an old school building in Jeddah and it is a...