PIETER VAN DER WESTHUIZEN ( 1931 -  )

Born 1931 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

The artist works in pastel, watercolour, ink, pencil and wash and lately started doing more works in oil. He is also well known for his hand-coloured etchings. His works comprise mainly landscapes, portraits, still life's, figures and sometimes abstract pictures.

Studies:
1960 - 1985 - Ruth Prowse School of Art & Design under Erik Laubscher
University of South Africa under Sakkie Eloff, Leon Theron, Robert Hodgins.
Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten en de Hogere Instituten, Antwerp, Belgium; Stedelijke Akademie, Ghent, Ryks Centrum voor Grafiek, Kasterlee, Belgium
Woodblock printing and graphics in Japan

Exhibitions :
Participated in numerous group- and solo-exhibitions in South Africa and abroad.

Represented :
His work is represented in various private and cooperate collections in South Africa and abroad

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