{ "artworks": [ { "title": "Dragon Kitties", "year": "2025", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "15 x 46 x 4 cm", "available": "available", "featured": false, "image": "images/dragon-kitties-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2025.webp", "price": "$150", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DSNWdKzDYrC/", "article": "", "description": "Dragon Kitties is a small-format acrylic on canvas measuring 15 × 15 cm, completed in 2025. The piece brings together two of Walt Viviers' recurring interests — animals and the fantastical — in a compact, high-energy composition. Viviers has a gift for injecting outsized personality into modest canvases, and Dragon Kitties exemplifies that approach: the diminutive scale belies real warmth and detail, with the subject combination carrying the playful irreverence that runs through much of the Pretoria-based artist's recent work. Part of a productive 2025 body of work that sees Viviers pushing into new subject territory, this original acrylic is available for acquisition.", "description_af": "Dragon Kitties is 'n kleinformaat akriel op doek van 15 × 15 cm, voltooi in 2025. Die stuk bring twee van Walt Viviers se herhalende belangstellings saam — diere en die fantastiese — in 'n kompakte, energieke komposisie. Viviers het die gawe om uitsonderlike persoonlikheid in beskei doeke in te bou, en Dragon Kitties is 'n voortreflike voorbeeld hiervan: die geringe skaal belieg ware warmte en detail, met die onderwerpkombinasie wat die speelse oneerbiedigheid dra wat deur baie van die Pretoriase kunstenaar se onlangse werk loop. Die oorspronklike akriel is beskikbaar vir aankoop." }, { "title": "Deadpool", "year": "2026", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "20 x 20 x 3 cm", "available": "available", "featured": false, "image": "images/deadpool-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2026.webp", "price": "$100", "instagram": "", "article": "", "description": "Deadpool is a 20 × 20 cm acrylic on canvas completed in 2026. Walt Viviers has long drawn on comic book culture and popular iconography as raw material for his fine art practice, and this recent work channels the anarchic energy of Marvel's Deadpool into a concentrated, expressive painting. The square format suits the subject's punchy visual identity — Viviers' bold colour work and confident brushwork translate the character's graphic origins into something distinctly painterly, occupying the space where pop culture and fine art practice converge. One of Viviers' most recent works, Deadpool reflects the Pretoria-based South African artist's continued appetite for culturally charged subject matter. Enquire for acquisition details.", "description_af": "Deadpool is 'n 20 × 20 cm akriel op doek voltooi in 2026. Walt Viviers put al lank uit stripboekultuur en populêre ikonografie as grondstof vir sy kunspraktyk, en hierdie onlangse werk kanaliseer die anarchiese energie van Marvel se Deadpool in 'n gekonsentreerde, ekspressiewe skildery. Die vierkantformaat pas by die onderwerp se kragtige visuele identiteit — Viviers se vrypostige kleurwerk en selfversekerde kwaswerk vertaal die karakter se grafiese oorsprong in iets besliste skilderagtig, wat die ruimte inneem waar popkultuur en kunspraktyk saamkom. Navraag oor aankoopbesonderhede." }, { "title": "Duckbill", "year": "2025", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "61 x 46 x 5.5 cm", "available": "enquire", "featured": false, "image": "images/duckbill-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2025.webp", "price": "$300", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18013867952702432/", "article": "", "description": "Duckbill is one of Walt Viviers' larger 2025 canvases, measuring 61 × 46 cm in acrylic on canvas. The platypus — one of nature's more improbable creatures — makes for an unexpectedly compelling portrait subject, and Viviers renders it with the same direct, personality-led approach he applies to all his animal work. The generous canvas size allows for a presence and level of detail that rewards viewing up close; the animal's unusual anatomy translated into bold, confident form. Based in Pretoria, Viviers has built a reputation for finding authentic character in animal subjects that others might overlook. Duckbill is a standout piece in his 2025 collection. Enquire for acquisition details.", "description_af": "Duckbill is een van Walt Viviers se groter 2025-doeke, 61 × 46 cm in akriel op doek. Die voëlbekdier — een van die natuur se mees onwaarskynlike wesens — is 'n onverwags boeiende portretonderwerp, en Viviers beeld dit uit met dieselfde direkte, persoonlikheidsgedrewe benadering wat hy op al sy dierwerk toepas. Die ruim doekgrootte laat 'n aanwesigheid en vlak van detail toe wat beloning bied wanneer dit van naby beskou word; die dier se ongewone anatomie vertaal in vrypostige, selfversekerde vorm. Navraag oor aankoopbesonderhede." }, { "title": "Rat", "year": "2025", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "51 x 40 x 3.5 cm", "available": "enquire", "featured": false, "image": "images/rat-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2025.webp", "price": "$200", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18103422559977709/", "article": "", "description": "Rat is a 51 × 40 cm acrylic on canvas from 2025. Walt Viviers approaches subjects that others might dismiss — the rat is a case in point, a creature more often associated with urban grime than gallery walls. But in Viviers' hands the animal is rendered with directness and a genuine sense of character: observed closely, executed with the assured brushwork that marks his mature style, and given the scale it deserves. The medium-large format ensures the subject has real presence. This is Viviers at his most straightforwardly honest — no irony, no distancing, just a Pretoria-based South African fine artist looking hard at a living thing and putting it on canvas. Enquire for acquisition details.", "description_af": "Rot is 'n 51 × 40 cm akriel op doek uit 2025. Walt Viviers benader onderwerpe wat ander dalk sou verwerp — die rot is 'n geval van dien, 'n wese wat meer dikwels met stedelike vuil as galery-mure geassosieer word. Maar in Viviers se hande word die dier uitgebeeld met direktheid en 'n ware gevoel van karakter: van naby waargeneem, uitgevoer met die selfversekerde kwaswerk wat sy volwasse styl kenmerk, en die skaal gegun wat dit verdien. Navraag oor aankoopbesonderhede." }, { "title": "Sabretooth", "year": "2025", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "40.5 x 51 x 3.5 cm", "available": "available", "featured": false, "image": "images/sabretooth-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2025.webp", "price": "$250", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18014195621699159/", "article": "", "description": "Sabretooth is a 2025 acrylic on canvas by Walt Viviers. The sabre-toothed predator — whether drawn from the prehistoric Smilodon or the iconic Marvel villain — carries a raw, dangerous energy that suits Viviers' bold, direct painting style. His approach to animal and character subjects relies on decisive mark-making, strong form, and expressive colour; Sabretooth brings all of those qualities to bear on a subject that is inherently powerful. A striking addition to Viviers' 2025 body of work, the painting demonstrates the Pretoria-based South African artist's ability to find the emotional core of a subject and transfer it directly to canvas. The original is available for acquisition.", "description_af": "Sabretooth is 'n 2025-akriel op doek deur Walt Viviers. Die sabeltandse roofdier — of dit nou ontleen is aan die prehistoriese Smilodon of die ikoniese Marvel-skurk — dra 'n rou, gevaarlike energie wat by Viviers se vrypostige, direkte skilderstyl pas. Sy benadering tot dier- en karakteronderwerpe berus op besliste merk-making, sterk vorm en ekspressiewe kleur; Sabretooth bring al hierdie kwaliteite tot 'n onderwerp wat inherent kragtig is. 'n Opvallende toevoeging tot Viviers se 2025-liggaam van werk. Die oorspronklike is beskikbaar vir aankoop." }, { "title": "Crow", "year": "2025", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "30x 24 x 2 cm", "available": "available", "featured": false, "image": "images/crow-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2025.webp", "price": "$100", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17862344784587481/", "article": "", "description": "Crow is a 30 × 24 cm acrylic on canvas completed in 2025. The crow — a bird long associated with intelligence, mystery, and the darker edges of folklore — is a fitting subject for Viviers, who has consistently found genuine depth in the animal world. Painted in a compact format that concentrates the subject's presence, Crow is focused and atmospheric: the bird rendered with care and a sense of stillness that contrasts with the intensity of its gaze. Walt Viviers is a Pretoria-based South African fine artist whose animal paintings have been widely shared and are among his most collected works. This original acrylic on canvas is available for acquisition.", "description_af": "Kraai is 'n 30 × 24 cm akriel op doek voltooi in 2025. Die kraai — 'n voël wat lank met intelligensie, misterie en die donkerder kante van volksoorlewering geassosieer word — is 'n gepaste onderwerp vir Viviers, wat konsekwent ware diepte in die dierewêreld gevind het. Geskilder in 'n kompakte formaat wat die onderwerp se aanwesigheid konsentreer, is Kraai gefokus en atmosferies: die voël uitgebeeld met sorg en 'n gevoel van stilte wat kontrasteer met die intensiteit van sy blik. Die oorspronklike akriel op doek is beskikbaar vir aankoop." }, { "title": "Venom Cat", "year": "2019", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "20 x 20 x 5 cm", "available": "enquire", "featured": false, "image": "images/venom-cat-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2019.webp", "price": "", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/p/BvqxL0pBgg0/", "article": "https://pixelsmithstudios.com/interviews/walt-viviers-local-illustrator/", "description": "Venom Cat is one of Walt Viviers' most popular works — a 20 × 20 cm acrylic on canvas completed in 2019. The painting merges the instantly recognisable aesthetic of Marvel's Venom with a cat, a combination that proved immediately compelling when first shared online. Featured in an interview with Pixelsmith Studios, Venom Cat helped establish Viviers as a South African fine artist with a distinctive voice: one that moves fluidly between painterly technique and popular culture without sacrificing either. The small square format packs considerable visual punch, the subject's high-contrast markings lending themselves naturally to Viviers' bold, confident brushwork. The original is available for acquisition.", "description_af": "Venom Cat is een van Walt Viviers se gewildste werke — 'n 20 × 20 cm akriel op doek voltooi in 2019. Die skildery smelt die onmiddellik herkenbare estetiek van Marvel se Venom saam met 'n kat, 'n kombinasie wat onmiddellik oortuigend was toe dit aanvanklik aanlyn gedeel is. Belig in 'n onderhoud met Pixelsmith Studios het Venom Cat gehelp om Viviers as 'n Suid-Afrikaanse kunskenaar met 'n onderskeidende stem te vestig: een wat vloeiend beweeg tussen skilderagtige tegniek en popkultuur sonder om enige een op te offer. Die oorspronklike is beskikbaar vir aankoop." }, { "title": "Rex", "year": "2025", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "40 x 40 x 4 cm", "available": "available", "featured": false, "image": "images/rex-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2025.webp", "price": "$250", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17991499985793578/", "article": "", "description": "Rex is a 40 × 40 cm acrylic on canvas from 2025. The square format is one Viviers returns to often for animal portraits — its symmetry suits the directness of his approach. Rex is a personality-led painting: the subject rendered with the kind of attention and warmth that turns an animal portrait into a genuine character study. Viviers' mature brushwork is confident and economical, giving the canvas a presence that holds at a distance as well as it rewards up close. The Pretoria-based South African artist has developed a distinctive voice in animal painting — Rex is a strong example of it. The original is available for acquisition.", "description_af": "Rex is 'n 40 × 40 cm akriel op doek uit 2025. Die vierkantformaat is een wat Viviers dikwels vir dierportrette gebruik — die simmetrie pas by die direktheid van sy benadering. Rex is 'n persoonlikheidsgedrewe skildery: die onderwerp uitgebeeld met die soort aandag en warmte wat 'n dierportret in 'n ware karakterstudie omskep. Viviers se volwasse kwaswerk is selfversekerd en ekonomies, wat die doek 'n aanwesigheid gee wat op 'n afstand sowel as van naby beloon. Die oorspronklike is beskikbaar vir aankoop." }, { "title": "Thoughts", "year": "2012", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "76 x 102 x 4 cm", "available": "sold", "featured": false, "image": "images/thoughts-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2012.webp", "price": "$600", "instagram": "", "article": "", "description": "Thoughts is one of Walt Viviers' most ambitious early works — a large 76 × 102 cm acrylic on canvas completed in 2012 that draws on surrealism and the visual language of collage to build a densely layered composition. Working across a ground of yellow and ochre, Viviers assembles fragments of imagery — an eye, a pair of lips, a coffee cup, a Roman numeral clock face, an infinity symbol, geometric planes and dripped paint — into a structure that reads simultaneously as a face and as a diagram of consciousness. The palette is electric: yellow-greens, oranges, earthy browns and black, with passages of raw white breaking through. Thoughts sits in the tradition of artists who approach the canvas as a space for mental accumulation rather than singular statement, and it remains one of Viviers' most complex and rewarding paintings. It is held in a private collection.", "description_af": "Thoughts is een van Walt Viviers se mees ambisieuse vroeë werke — 'n groot 76 × 102 cm akriel op doek voltooi in 2012 wat op surrealisme en die visuele taal van collage steun om 'n dig gelaagde komposisie te bou. Viviers werk oor 'n grond van geel en oker en stel fragmente van beeldmateriaal saam — 'n oog, 'n paar lippe, 'n koffiekoppie, 'n Romeinse syfer-klokgesig, 'n oneindheidssimbool, geometriese vlakke en drupverf — in 'n struktuur wat terselfdertyd as 'n gesig en as 'n diagram van die bewussyn self lees. Die palet is elektries: geelgroene, oranje, aardse bruin en swart, met passasies van rou wit wat deurbreek. Thoughts sit in die tradisie van kunstenaars wat die doek as 'n ruimte vir geestelike akkumulasie eerder as enkele stelling benader. Dit word in 'n privaat versameling gehou." }, { "title": "Fish Vortex", "year": "2010", "medium": "Mixed Media on Board", "dimensions": "30 x 21 cm", "available": "sold", "featured": false, "image": "images/fish-vortex-mixed-media-board-walt-viviers-2010.webp", "price": "$20", "instagram": "", "article": "", "description": "Fish Vortex is a mixed media work on board by Walt Viviers — an unusual piece in the artist's practice, both in medium and in its intricate, pattern-driven composition. Dozens of small outlined fish form a spiralling vortex, circling from a warm green-gold centre outward through layered shades of teal and blue, the repetitive form creating a meditative, hypnotic effect. The board mount is integral to the work's character — the heavy wooden surround with its metal bolts reinforces the handmade quality and distinguishes it from Viviers' canvas-based practice. A playful yet carefully constructed piece, Fish Vortex demonstrates a more contemplative side of the Pretoria-based South African artist. The original is available for acquisition.", "description_af": "Fish Vortex is 'n gemengde media werk op bord deur Walt Viviers — 'n ongewone stuk in die kunstenaar se praktyk, beide in medium en in sy ingewikkelde, patroongedrewe komposisie. Dosyne klein omtrekvis vorm 'n spiraliserende draaikolk, sirkel van 'n warm groen-goue sentrum uitwaarts deur gelaagde skakerings van teal en blou, die herhalende vorm wat 'n meditatiewe, hipnotiese effek skep. Die bordmontering is deel van die werk se karakter — die swaar houtsurround met sy metaalboute versterk die handgemaakte kwaliteit en onderskei dit van Viviers se doekgebaseerde praktyk. Die oorspronklike is beskikbaar vir aankoop." }, { "title": "Feminine Shapes", "year": "2010", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "76 x 101 x 2 cm", "available": "available", "featured": false, "image": "images/feminine-shapes-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2010.webp", "price": "$315", "instagram": "", "article": "", "description": "Feminine Shapes is a large-format acrylic on canvas — 76 × 101 cm — completed in 2010 and one of the most energetically painted works in Walt Viviers' collection. The subject is the female form, rendered in semi-abstraction: Viviers fragments and reassembles the figure through a dense field of warm reds, oranges, yellows and pinks, bold outlines carving through the colour. The result is less a depiction than a celebration — of movement, of form, of the expressive potential of acrylic on a generous canvas. The brushwork is confident and direct, with passages of impasto sitting alongside thinner, more fluid marks. Feminine Shapes belongs to a body of figurative-abstract work from this period that shows Viviers working at full creative stretch, using the human form as a vehicle for pure painterly investigation. The work is available for acquisition.", "description_af": "Feminine Shapes is 'n grootformaat akriel op doek — 76 × 101 cm — voltooi in 2010 en een van die mees energiek geskilder werke in Walt Viviers se versameling. Die onderwerp is die vroulike figuur, in semi-abstraksie uitgebeelding: Viviers fragmenteer en herstel die figuur deur 'n digte veld van warm rooi, oranje, geel en pienk, vrypostige omlyning wat deur die kleur kerf. Die resultaat is minder 'n uitbeelding as 'n viering — van beweging, van vorm, van die ekspressiewe potensiaal van akriel op 'n ruim doek. Die kwaswerk is selfversekerd en direk, met passasies van impasto langs dunner, meer vloeibare merke. Feminine Shapes behoort aan 'n liggaam van figuratief-abstrakte werk uit hierdie tydperk wat Viviers ten volle kreatief uitgestrek wys. Die werk is beskikbaar vir aankoop." }, { "title": "Orchids", "year": "2010", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "58 x 71 x 4 cm", "available": "available", "featured": false, "image": "images/orchids-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2010.webp", "price": "$290", "instagram": "", "article": "", "description": "Orchids is a 2010 acrylic on canvas that shows Walt Viviers at his most exuberant in the floral register — large blooms rendered in a high-energy palette of hot pink, cobalt blue, and luminous white, with the kind of loose, gestural energy that distinguishes his best work from botanical illustration. The composition fills the canvas with overlapping forms, white impasto outlines tracing the flowers' organic shapes against a saturated field of colour. Full of warmth and movement, Orchids is one of the earliest examples of the expressive technique that would characterise much of Viviers' later practice. The painting demonstrates his ability to translate the exuberance of natural forms into pure painterly sensation. Enquire for acquisition details.", "description_af": "Orchids is 'n 2010-akriel op doek wat Walt Viviers op sy mees uitbundige in die blomregister toon — groot blomme uitgebeelding in 'n hoë-energie palet van warm pienk, kobalblou en helder wit, met die soort los, gesturele energie wat sy beste werk van botaniese illustrasie onderskei. Die komposisie vul die doek met oorvleuelende vorms, wit impasto-omtrekke wat die blomme se organiese vorms teen 'n versadigde kleurveld naspoor. Vol warmte en beweging is Orchids een van die vroegste voorbeelde van die ekspressiewe tegniek wat groot dele van Viviers se latere praktyk sou kenmerk. Navraag oor aankoopbesonderhede." }, { "title": "Protea", "year": "2010", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "61 x 76 x 4 cm", "available": "available", "featured": false, "image": "images/protea-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2010.webp", "price": "$290", "instagram": "", "article": "", "description": "Protea is a 61 × 76 cm acrylic on canvas completed in 2010 and one of the more emblematic works in Walt Viviers' portfolio. The King Protea — South Africa's national flower — is placed against a deep black background speckled with white, a cosmic field that gives the bloom an almost mythological presence. Viviers renders the flower with a looseness and energy that keeps it from botanical illustration: the petals shift through pink, rose and soft lavender, the leaves a vivid teal-green at the base, the whole composition held together by confident mark-making and a strong sense of light emanating from within the bloom itself. That the protea is a recurring symbol in South African culture adds resonance without limiting the work's reading — Viviers uses the subject as a vehicle for pure painting, and the result is a piece that reads powerfully from across a room. Protea is available for acquisition.", "description_af": "Protea is 'n 61 × 76 cm akriel op doek voltooi in 2010 en een van die meer emblemiese werke in Walt Viviers se portefeulje. Die Koningprotea — Suid-Afrika se nasionale blom — word teen 'n diep swart agtergrond gestip met wit geplaas, 'n kosmiese veld wat die blom 'n byna mitologiese aanwesigheid gee. Viviers beeld die blom met 'n losheid en energie uit wat dit weg van botaniese illustrasie hou: die blare verskuif deur pienk, roos en sagte lavendel, die blare 'n lewendige seegroentint aan die basis, die hele komposisie saamgehou deur selfversekerde merktekening en 'n sterk gevoel van lig wat van binne die blom self uitstraal. Dat die protea 'n herhalende simbool in Suid-Afrikaanse kultuur is, voeg resonansie by sonder om die werk se lesing te beperk. Protea is beskikbaar vir aankoop." }, { "title": "Capsaicin", "year": "2010", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "58 x 71 x 4 cm", "available": "available", "featured": false, "image": "images/capsaicin-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2010.webp", "price": "$200", "instagram": "", "article": "", "description": "Capsaicin is a 50 × 41 cm acrylic on canvas from 2010 — one of the most vividly coloured works in Walt Viviers' early catalogue. The title names the compound that gives chillies their heat, and the painting channels that same intensity: tropical Bird of Paradise blooms and lush foliage are rendered in saturated oranges, reds, yellows, and deep greens, the forms building across the canvas in a dense, overlapping tangle that crackles with chromatic energy. The composition's warmth is almost physical. A layered, heavily worked surface gives the painting real presence, and the balance between the fiery florals and the cool greens of the tropical leaves creates a tension that holds the eye. The original is available for acquisition.", "description_af": "Capsaicin is 'n 50 × 41 cm akriel op doek uit 2010 — een van die mees lewendig gekleurde werke in Walt Viviers se vroeg katalogus. Die titel noem die verbinding wat brandrissies hul hitte gee, en die skildery kanaliseer dieselfde intensiteit: tropiese voëlparadys-blomme en weelderige blare word uitgebeelding in versadigde oranje, rooi, geel en diep groen, die vorms wat oor die doek in 'n digte, oorvleuelende verstrengeling ophoop wat met chromatiese energie vonkel. Die skildery se warmte is amper fisies. Die oorspronklike is beskikbaar vir aankoop." }, { "title": "The Wind", "year": "2010", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "58 x 71 x 4 cm", "available": "available", "featured": false, "image": "images/the-wind-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2010.webp", "price": "$200", "instagram": "", "article": "", "description": "The Wind is a 2010 acrylic on canvas by Walt Viviers — a fluid, atmospheric work in which flowering branches sweep across a pale ground, movement made visible through the lean and rhythm of dark stems against an open field of blossom. The composition is animated by Viviers' confident brushwork: marks range from loose washes of crimson and rose to precise, ink-like line, creating a painting that references East Asian brushwork traditions while remaining entirely the artist's own. Viviers' floral work consistently demonstrates his ability to find energy and life in simple subject matter; The Wind is among the most quietly compelling of these paintings — a work in which stillness and motion coexist on the same canvas. The original is available for acquisition.", "description_af": "The Wind is 'n 2010-akriel op doek deur Walt Viviers — 'n vloeïende, atmosferiese werk waarin bloeiende takke oor 'n ligte grond sweep, beweging sigbaar gemaak deur die leun en ritme van donker stamme teen 'n oop veld van bloeisels. Die komposisie word lewend gemaak deur Viviers se selfversekerde kwaswerk: merke wissel van los wasse van karmosyn en rooskleur tot presiese, ink-agtige lyn. Viviers se blomwerk toon konsekwent sy vermoë om energie en lewe in eenvoudige onderwerp te vind; The Wind is een van die stilste en boeiendste van hierdie skilderye — 'n werk waar stilte en beweging op dieselfde doek saamleef. Die oorspronklike is beskikbaar vir aankoop." }, { "title": "Dark Angel", "year": "2011", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "91 x 61 x 3.5 cm", "available": "available", "featured": false, "image": "images/dark-angel-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2011.webp", "price": "$300", "instagram": "", "article": "", "description": "Dark Angel is a 2011 acrylic on canvas by Walt Viviers — a large, ambitious figurative work that ranks among the most striking of his earlier paintings. The composition depicts a winged figure in a posture of collapse or grief: massive dark wings spread above a bowed form set against a desert landscape of sweeping sienna and warm gold. The wings are rendered in loose, energetic strokes that contrast with the stillness of the figure below, their scale giving the work a monumental quality. Drawing on archetypal imagery of the fallen angel — beauty, exile, the weight of wings that can no longer lift — the painting handles familiar symbolism with directness and restraint. Enquire for acquisition details.", "description_af": "Dark Angel is 'n 2011-akriel op doek deur Walt Viviers — 'n groot, ambisieuse figuratiewe werk wat een van die mees opvallende van sy vroeër skilderye is. Die komposisie beeld 'n gevleuelde figuur in 'n houding van ineenstorting of rou uit: massiewe donker vlerke versprei bo 'n geboë vorm wat teen 'n woestynlandskap van sweepende sienna en warm goud gestel word. Die vlerke word in los, energieke strepe uitgebeelding wat kontrasteer met die stilte van die figuur hieronder, hul skaal wat die werk 'n monumentale kwaliteit gee. Die skildery put uit argetipiese beeldspraak van die gevalle engel — skoonheid, ballingskap, die gewig van vlerke wat nie meer kan lig nie. Navraag oor aankoopbesonderhede." }, { "title": "T-Rex", "year": "2020", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "78 x 38 x 3.5 cm", "available": "available", "featured": true, "image": "images/t-rex-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2020.webp", "price": "$480", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CHf2wkajhs6/", "article": "https://pixelsmithstudios.com/interviews/walt-viviers-local-illustrator/", "description": "The T-Rex is one of Walt Viviers' most recognised works — a 78 × 38 cm acrylic on canvas that captures the primal force of the Tyrannosaurus rex with commanding scale and bold, expressive brushwork. Painted in 2020, it sits at the intersection of Viviers' interest in the animal world and his appetite for subjects that carry cultural weight. The unusually elongated horizontal format gives the predator a sweeping momentum, as if the canvas itself is barely containing the subject. Widely shared across social media since its release, T-Rex helped cement the Pretoria-based South African artist's reputation as a painter who brings genuine intensity to iconic subjects. It remains one of the signature pieces in Viviers' portfolio. The original is available for acquisition.", "description_af": "Die T-Rex is een van Walt Viviers se mees erkende werke — 'n 78 × 38 cm akriel op doek wat die oerkrag van die Tirannousaurus rex vasvang met bevelende skaal en vet, ekspressiewe kwaswerk. Geskilder in 2020, lê dit op die kruispunt van Viviers se belangstelling in die dierewêreld en sy eetlus vir onderwerpe wat kulturele gewig dra. Die ongewone verlengde horisontale formaat gee die roofdier 'n sweepende momentum, asof die doek self die onderwerp skaars kan inhou. Wyd gedeel oor sosiale media sedert sy vrystelling, bly T-Rex een van die handtekeningwerke in die Pretoriase kunstenaar se portefeulje. Die oorspronklike is beskikbaar vir aankoop." }, { "title": "Classic Portrait", "year": "2010", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "47 x 61 x 4 cm", "available": "available", "featured": false, "image": "images/classic-portrait-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2010.webp", "price": "$350", "instagram": "", "article": "", "description": "Classic Portrait is a 2010 acrylic on canvas by Walt Viviers — a figurative work that demonstrates the technical facility with portraiture that would become a hallmark of his practice. The subject, rendered in warm flesh tones against a dusky blue-purple ground, gazes upward and away from the viewer, the pose conveying a sense of aspiration or quiet introspection. The modelling of light across the face recalls classical academic technique, while Viviers' assured brushwork grounds the work in his own direct voice. Signed in 2010, this painting belongs to an important formative period in the Pretoria-based South African artist's development, when he was building the figurative language that underpins his mature practice. Enquire for acquisition details.", "description_af": "Classic Portrait is 'n 2010-akriel op doek deur Walt Viviers — 'n figuratiewe werk wat die tegniese vermoë met portretkuns toon wat 'n kenmerk van sy praktyk sou word. Die onderwerp, uitgebeelding in warm vleistinte teen 'n dowwe blou-pers agtergrond, kyk opwaarts en weg van die kyker, die houding wat 'n gevoel van aspirasie of stille besinning oordra. Die modellering van lig oor die gesig herinner aan klassieke akademiese tegniek, terwyl Viviers se selfversekerde kwaswerk die werk in sy eie direkte stem anker. Geteken in 2010, behoort hierdie skildery aan 'n belangrike formatiewe periode in die Pretoriase Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaar se ontwikkeling. Navraag oor aankoopbesonderhede." }, { "title": "Classic Beauty", "year": "2010", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "50 x 76.5 x 4", "available": "available", "featured": false, "image": "images/classic-beauty-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2010.webp", "price": "$350", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/p/BRauzGnBdwA/", "article": "", "description": "Classic Beauty is an acrylic on canvas measuring 50 × 76 cm, painted in 2010 — one of the earlier works in Walt Viviers' portfolio. The title and vertical format suggest a figurative subject approached with classical intent, rendered in Viviers' characteristically direct and confident style. At a stage when the Pretoria-based South African artist was developing the bold brushwork and clear-eyed observation that would come to define his mature practice, Classic Beauty reads as a thoughtful study in portraiture — grounded in tradition but with a contemporary sensibility. The generous scale gives the subject room to breathe and rewards close inspection. The original is available for acquisition.", "description_af": "Classic Beauty is 'n 50 × 76 cm akriel op doek, geskilder in 2010 — een van die vroeër werke in Walt Viviers se portefeulje. Die titel en vertikale formaat dui op 'n figuratiewe onderwerp wat met klassieke oogmerk benader is, uitgevoer in Viviers se kenmerkende direkte en selfversekerde styl. Op 'n stadium toe die Pretoriase Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaar die vrypostige kwaswerk en helder waarneming ontwikkel het wat sy volwasse praktyk sou definieer, lees Classic Beauty as 'n deurdagte studie in portretkuns — gegrond in tradisie maar met 'n hedendaagse sensibiliteit. Die ruim skaal gee die onderwerp ruimte om asem te haal en beloon nader inspeksie. Die oorspronklike is beskikbaar vir aankoop." }, { "title": "Golden Girl", "year": "2010", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "40.5 x 51 x 3.5 cm", "available": "available", "featured": false, "image": "images/golden-girl-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2010.webp", "price": "$300", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/p/BRvQb3wBYAx/", "article": "", "description": "Golden Girl is a figurative portrait in acrylic on canvas, completed in 2010. The work belongs to a strain of Viviers' practice focused on the female figure — intimate, close-framed, and executed in a palette that runs almost entirely through warm gold, amber and deep shadow. The subject meets the viewer's eye directly and without apology; her gaze carries the quiet self-possession that characterises Viviers' strongest portrait work. A delicate necklace and the dark strap of a garment anchors the figure in the physical while the painterly background — rich, loose brushwork in layered dark gold — keeps the composition in the register of mood rather than literal depiction. The title is both a description of the painting's tonal world and something warmer: an act of affirmation. Golden Girl is one of the more striking figurative works from Viviers' early career and is available for acquisition.", "description_af": "Golden Girl is 'n figuratiewe portret in akriel op doek, voltooi in 2010. Die werk behoort aan 'n stroom van Viviers se praktyk wat op die vroulike figuur fokus — intiem, nabygerame en uitgevoer in 'n palet wat amper geheel deur warm goud, amber en diep skadu loop. Die onderwerp ontmoet die kyker se oog direk en sonder apologie; haar blik dra die stille selfbesit wat Viviers se sterkste portretwerk kenmerk. 'n Delikate halssnoer en die donker band van 'n kledingstuk anker die figuur in die fisiese, terwyl die skilderagtige agtergrond — ryk, los kwaswerk in gelaagde donker goud — die komposisie in die register van stemming eerder as letterlike uitbeelding hou. Die titel is beide 'n beskrywing van die skildery se tonale wêreld en iets warmer: 'n daad van bevestiging. Golden Girl is beskikbaar vir aankoop." }, { "title": "Apocalypse Meow!", "year": "2017", "medium": "Ink & Pencils on Paper", "dimensions": "26 x 21 cm (in frame)", "available": "enquire", "featured": false, "image": "images/zombie-vs-cat-ink-pencils-paper-walt-viviers-2017.webp", "price": "", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/p/BRf7eU0h764/", "article": "https://pixelsmithstudios.com/interviews/walt-viviers-local-illustrator/", "description": "Apocalypse Meow! is a 26 × 21 cm ink and pencils on paper work from 2017, presented framed. One of Viviers' most recognisable earlier pieces, the work depicts a cat in an apocalyptic encounter — carrying the dark humour and raw energy that would come to define his reputation. Ink and pencil on paper allows for a level of immediacy distinct from his acrylic practice: gestural, spontaneous, and full of expressive line quality. Featured in a Pixelsmith Studios interview alongside Venom Cat, Apocalypse Meow! is among the works that first brought Walt Viviers wider attention as a Pretoria-based South African artist navigating the space between fine art and popular culture. Enquire for acquisition details.", "description_af": "Apocalypse Meow! is 'n 26 × 21 cm ink en potlode op papier werk uit 2017, in 'n raam aangebied. Een van Viviers se mees herkenbare vroeër stukke, beeld die werk 'n kat in 'n apokaliptiese ontmoeting uit — draend die donker humor en rou energie wat sou kom om sy reputasie te definieer. Ink en potlood op papier laat 'n vlak van onmiddellikheid toe wat uniek is tot sy akrielpraktyk: gestureel, spontaan en vol ekspressiewe lynkwaliteit. Navraag oor aankoopbesonderhede." }, { "title": "Cool Beans", "year": "2010", "medium": "Acrylic on Canvas", "dimensions": "51 x 40.5 x 3.5 cm", "available": "available", "featured": false, "image": "images/cool-beans-acrylic-canvas-walt-viviers-2010.webp", "price": "$100", "instagram": "", "article": "", "description": "Cool Beans is an acrylic on canvas from 2010 that typifies Walt Viviers' interest in elevating the overlooked. The subject — bean pods splitting open at full ripeness — is rendered with a macro painter's eye: Viviers moves in close and fills the canvas with split husks and exposed seeds, working in a palette of earthy ochres, warm browns and flashes of rose pink and cream. The composition has an almost muscular density; the pods push against one another across the picture plane with a sense of natural abundance that borders on the excessive. There is humour here too — the title carries the knowing lightness of a phrase well past its peak — but the painting itself is serious in its craft, with visible texture and confident layering throughout. Cool Beans sits in the tradition of artists who find real material richness in botanical and everyday subject matter, and demonstrates that Viviers can bring the same force and intention to the natural world as he does to figurative work.", "description_af": "Cool Beans is 'n akriel op doek van 2010 wat Walt Viviers se belangstelling in die opheffing van die misgekyk tipeer. Die onderwerp — peulvrugte wat oopbars by volle rypheid — word uitgebeelding met 'n makro-skilder se oog: Viviers beweeg naby en vul die doek met die oopgesplete hulle en blootgestelde sade, en werk in 'n palet van aardse okers, warm bruin en strepies roosrooi en room. Die komposisie het 'n byna spierbundel digtheid; die peule druk teen mekaar oor die beeldvlak met 'n sin van natuurlike oorvloed wat grens aan die buitensporige. Daar is ook humor hier — die titel dra die wetende ligtheid van 'n frase ver verby sy hoogtepunt — maar die skildery self is ernstig in sy vakmanskap, met sigbare tekstuur en selfversekerde laagsgewyse werk regdeur." }, { "title": "Janine", "year": "2009", "medium": "Pencil on Canvas", "dimensions": "51 x 40.5 x 2 cm", "available": "sold", "featured": false, "image": "images/jane-pencil-canvas-walt-viviers-2009.webp", "price": "", "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/p/z5W0DiD5ao/", "article": "", "description": "Jane is an early and revealing work in Walt Viviers' portfolio — a female portrait executed in pencil on canvas, completed in 2009. Where much of Viviers' output reaches for colour and scale, Jane strips the approach back to pure mark-making: graphite on canvas, light and shadow built through layered, gestural strokes. The subject — a woman with short, wind-swept hair — gazes past the viewer with an expression that reads simultaneously as distant and deeply present. Viviers handles the contrast with confidence: areas of dense, shadowed tone sit against broad sweeps of near-white, giving the work a cinematic quality that belies its intimate scale. Jane demonstrates Viviers' strong drafting instincts and his ability to capture character in a face — qualities that underpin his figurative work across mediums. As an early sold work, it marks an important point in the development of an artist who has since built a substantial body of painting, but whose facility with drawing remains evident in every canvas.", "description_af": "Jane is 'n vroeë en onthullende werk in Walt Viviers se portefeulje — 'n vroulike portret in potlood op doek, voltooi in 2009. Waar baie van Viviers se werk na kleur en skaal reik, stroop Jane die benadering terug na suiwer merktekening: grafiet op doek, lig en skaduwee opgebou deur gelaagde, gestuurse hale. Die onderwerp — 'n vrou met kort, windbewoe hare — kyk verby die kyker met 'n uitdrukking wat terselfdertyd as veraf en diep teenwoordig lees. Viviers hanteer die kontras met selfvertroue: areas van digte, beskaduwde toon sit langs breë swepe van byna-wit, wat die werk 'n cinematiese kwaliteit gee wat sy intieme skaal bedrieg. Jane demonstreer Viviers se sterk tekeninginstinkte en sy vermoë om karakter in 'n gesig vas te vang. As 'n verkooopte vroeë werk, merk dit 'n belangrike punt in die ontwikkeling van 'n kunstenaar." } ] }