Within South Africa we courier your artwork to your door - the shipping cost will show at the checkout.
When shipping art internationally, two primary options are commonly considered: crated and rolled. Crating involves securely packaging the artwork in a custom-built crate, providing maximum protection against physical damage but often resulting in higher shipping costs due to size and weight. On the other hand, rolling art involves taking stretched paintings off the frame, carefully wrapping the artwork and placing it in a protective tube. This method is more cost-effective and suitable for flexible pieces. Choosing between crating and rolling depends on the specific artwork's size, fragility, and budget, as well as the destination's shipping requirements and regulations.
We will be in touch regarding the best options for you.
Virtual hanging of art is an innovative service we offer that allows art enthusiasts and collectors to visualize how artworks will appear in their desired spaces before making a purchase. We digitally place the selected artworks on your walls, in the correct scale to achieve the desired aesthetic. This service not only helps in making informed decisions but also enhances the overall art-buying experience, providing a realistic preview of the final result and ensuring that the chosen artworks harmonize with the surrounding decor. Please contact us to make use of this service!
Larger than life, this bronze Watsonia invites us to look closer and see the world through different eyes. Each flower is sculpted as its own universe, an intimate world held within a single bloom. Crafted entirely by hand, the piece magnifies the quiet beauty and profound symbolism of this indigenous flowering plant.
The Watsonia is a hardy survivor, a species shaped by the rhythm of fire and water. It relies on these extremes to regenerate, its roots safely held within a bulb that preserves and nourishes the plant during its dormant months. When the season is right, it awakens, lifting itself back into colour and life.
This cycle of retreat and renewal lies at the heart of the sculpture. The bulb’s protective strength becomes a metaphor for healing: the understanding that restoration often begins beneath the surface, in places unseen. The towering flowers rising from the bulb remind us that growth is possible after hardship, and that beauty is often the result of resilience over time.
Through this enlarged, reimagined Watsonia, we are invited to pause, to pay attention, and to rediscover the wonder within the details of the natural world and most importantly, within ourselves.
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Rix Wellmann
Rix Wellmann
Throughout her life, Rix Wellmann has felt a profound connection between the images in her mind and the emotions they evoke. For her, perception extends beyond the visible into the emotional layers beneath everyday life. Her work seeks to capture the magical space between reality and feeling.
Art has always been her anchor and a language beyond words. From an early age, she recognised a heightened sensitivity to the energy of people, animals, and nature - both a gift and a challenge that shapes her creative practice. This awareness drives her to express the emotional essence of every subject she sculpts, paints, or draws.
Her work brings together human form and the movement of nature in pieces that are tender, sincere, sometimes humorous, yet quietly tenacious. She believes art is not a replica of life but a means to create moments of recognition and joy.
Although she works across various mediums, sculpture remains her first love. Through the immediacy of shaping material, she gives tangible form to intangible emotions. Her work invites viewers to pause, feel deeply, and rediscover beauty in life’s smallest moments.
Rix Wellmann is represented by The Artists Gallery in Cape Town.
