Profile

CAPTIVATED  BY  THE  CAPE

I was born deaf and attended the Trans Oranje School for the deaf in Pretoria where my talent for drawing was first noticed. I find the Cape landscape a constant source of inspiration. 

Much of my work is an emotional response to the beauty that I see and feel around me and I enjoy interpreting the colors created as the light plays across the countryside.

I do not have a preference for a specific medium but I do love the way the palette knife gives the finished work a fresh feel.

My time is mostly occupied by commission work.

Name : Marnitz Steyn
Gender : Male
Born : 1984
Nationality : South African
Languages : Afrikaans, Sign Language
Schooling : Jacquey Theron Art School 2001 – 2007
Exhibitions : First Solo – 2005 Aluvi House PTA

Won “To School for Juniors The Street Scene”
Won “ Alette Wessel Kunskamer Competition”  for New Artist 2004
Exhibition : NY Art Expo – 2018
Won  “ Wits International  Competition” 
for Deaf Studies 2018
SCAVA 1st Prize – Landscapes 2021
Marnitz Steyn in his Art Studio at 53 Rondevlei Street, Wilderness, WC, South Africa