Pieter A. Pienaar

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...

This is not an easy question to answer, I think, because we never know how much information the other party requires. Obviously, our...

Dave Cenker (Second Chance) said, "I never realized thinking could be so tiring." Fortunately, and unfortunately, we can attribute quite...

A few days ago, I tweaked a simple birthday song I wrote for a friend two months ago. I removed his name from the song and made it a song...

Today I enjoyed the luxury of ordering fruit online, which the supermarket delivered to our quarantine facility. A friend and I were...

J. G. Holland says, “God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.” Yesterday I spoke to a businessman on the...

I am currently (like many people all over the world) in a locked down state and I may not venture out of my quarantine room. I do not...

We “believe” we are educated, liberated and informed, but can we match the power of a single rose? This is an acrylic on board work I...

Let us write a little poem today to articulate what the negatives and the positives in our lives are at the moment. Let us be honest with...

As creatives (or all people for that matter) we often think we have to deliver a unique product (or song) in order to be worthy of...

I am currently trying to put my time of isolation to good use and I am working on a non-fiction monograph that I hope to see published...

This morning after my breakfast pack was delivered to my door in the quarantine facility, I decided to make a cup of coffee to complete...

Years ago, before the digital camera came to enthrall us with is endless possibilities, I remember being captivated by those photography...