Wellspring

131 A Gallery, is pleased to present Wellspring Kirsten Beets latest solo exhibition featuring oil paintings in what will be her 10th solo exhibition in her career overall and 3rd at 131

The online catalogue will be live from the 14th of October until the 2nd of November and the works will be up on the walls in the main gallery from the 17th of October until the 30th of October

NB! Please join us at the gallery for the opening of the exhibition on Saturday the 17th of October from 11am to 1pm

If you see an artwork that you are interested in please click on the button below the work on the online catalogue to purchase it and we’ll send through the invoice asap to secure the work for you. NB All works are sold on a first come first serve basis.

“Wellspring came out of a search for inspiration and renewal within the demands of everyday life, where the boundaries between home and work often overlap and bleed into one another.

My paintings imagine places that feel familiar, yet strange. They have a dreamlike quality, existing somewhere outside of ordinary time and place. I’m interested in creating worlds that feel complete in themselves, that exist independently of the viewer. They don't tell a particular story or ask anything of you. You can enter them and spend time there, but they remain their own places, with their own sense of mystery.

Perhaps part of their appeal is that they offer an experience so different from the demands of everyday life. So much of our time is spent responding to things, producing, caring and meeting expectations. These landscapes offer somewhere to rest your attention, to become absorbed in something beyond yourself. They don't necessarily offer answers or reassurance. They simply exist, and you are free to spend time within them.

For me, a wellspring is a source of something sustaining, something you can return to and draw from. The paintings are moments of pause along a longer journey, like stopping to take in the view on a difficult hike. The journey continues, but for a while you can stand still and look.” - Kirsten Beets

// How To Purchase

• Click on the button below the artwork you would like to buy

• We will send you an invoice to secure the painting for you, you will have 24 hours to send us proof of payment to make it yours

• Artworks will be ready for collection/ shipping when the exhibition is concluded

• If you based outside of Cape Town and require crating and shipping, we can get a quote for you from our preferred art logistics partners