I was able to make a living from my art, but with the economic difficulties of Zimbabwe becoming more and more acute I decided to move over to the UK in 2001. It was an enormous adjustment adapting to a completely different life, but as luck would have it I found work in a well established Fine Art Bronze Casting Foundry. The work is physically demanding, but I love being involved in the processes and it has stood me in great stead with my own work to understand the limitations and possibilities of the bronze medium.

In time I was able to cast some of my own work where there was space left in a kiln and whenever I had a spare moment I would work on finishing off my pieces. Nowadays I have reciprocal arrangement with two foundries who generously allow me the use of their resources to produce and patinate my wildlife sculpture.

For me sculpture is a 3-dimentional photograph of a moment in time. These moments and the animals in them have their own movement and vivid essence which I believe are essential to capture. With this in mind I look at an animal’s particular characteristics, vitality and personality to determine what gestural treatment and patination will create the actions and tenuousness of the moment best.

Though sculpture is a main focus for me, I do still paint and sketch extensively. Not only does it act as a sculptural aid but also a release from the physical demands of sculpting. In my painting I am able to express the overall impact of the veldt and not just its inhabitants. I endeavour to portray the colours and shapes that evoke the African atmosphere, its light and its aridity so that anyone can feel the heat of mid afternoon or chill just before dusk….

….and it is these feelings, the viscerally powerful demanding environment of Africa that is critical in interpreting its wildlife, accurately and evocatively. She is a continent to envelop yourself in, to consume you, to realize the complexity of nature and vastness of the bigger picture. Our lives, so small and insignificant, belong to this and every year I return for at least three months to visit my family home, my studio and the National Parks, to reconnect and re-evaluate.

COMMISSIONS

1995 to 2009

Numerous Private Commissions in particular:

2009 Patrick Mann Memorial Floating Trophy, Bronze Portrait of a Matabele Ox

Bronze Group of African Painted Hunting Dogs

7 pastel paintings for Telkom Head Office, Port Elizabeth

Pair of Bronze Rhino for Anaesthesiologists Congress of South Africa

Diorama for Lancashire Steel at Zimbabwe International Trade Fair

Bronze Lion

Portraits of the Big Five in oil

37 Pastel Studies for Antelope Park, Gweru

EXHIBITIONS

2009

'Fine Things in the city of Kings' Group exhibit National Art Gallery, Bulawayo

Thirteen Langton Street Gallery, London

Doon Estate Gallery, Harare

Induna Art Gallery, Bulawayo

Affrodissiac Art Gallery, Bulawayo

Gallery Ann, Gabarone, Botswana

Maun, Botswana

Marwell International Wildlife Art Exhibition, Marwell Zoo

2008

Thirteen Langton Street Gallery, London

David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation 'Wildlife Artist of the Year Competition,Mall Galleries,London

Induna Art Gallery, Bulawayo

Picasso's Bulawayo

Marwell International Wildlife Art Exhibition, Marwell Zoo

Affrodissiac Art Gallery, Bulawayo

2007 

National Exhibition of Wildlife Art, Liverpool

Marwell International Wildlife Art Exhibition, Marwell Zoo

Bisley Shooting Association, Bisley Shooting Ground.

Induna Art Gallery, Bulawayo

Picasso's Bulawayo

Thirteen Langton Street Gallery, London

David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation 'Art for Survival' Auction,Christies, London

2006 

Society of Wildlife Artists, Mall Galleries, London

National Exhibition of Wildlife Art, Liverpool

Marwell International Wildlife Art Exhibition, Marwell Zoo

Roundhouse Gallery, Spalding Lincolnshire

Neville Contemporary ,Chelsea Art Fair

Group Exhibition, Singapore

Induna Art Gallery, Bulawayo

Roasted Berry Cafe, Bulawayo

2005  

Chelsea Art Society Annual Exhibition London

National Exhibition of Wildlife Art, Liverpool

Marwell International Wildlife Art Exhibition, Marwell Zoo

The Wildlife Art Society International Exhibition, Port Lympne Zoo

Obsidian Gallery, Stoke Manderville Bucks

2004

United Society of Artists Exhibition, Westminster, London

Chelsea Art Society Annual Exhibition London

Bath Society of Artists Annual Exhibition UK

Dulwich Picture Gallery Summer Exhibition London

Marwell international Wildlife Society Annual Exhibition UK

South African Art Show, The Wine Gallery London

2003  

Society of Wildlife Artists, Mall Galleries, London

United Society of Artists Exhibition, Westminster, London

Artists & Illustrators Magazine Article October Issue

2002  

National Exhibition of Wildlife Art, Liverpool

1996 to 2001

Christies Wildlife Auction 2000

Christies Wildlife Auction 1998

Local group exhibition in Bulawayo and Chiredzi

Four person exhibition at Picassos’ Bulawayo

Zimbabwe Sun Hotels, Victoria Falls

Wildlife Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth

Induna Art Gallery, Bulawayo

Matobo Hills Lodge, Bulawayo

Picasso’s, Bulawayo

Savannah Arts, Maun, Botswana

Gecko Gallery, Bulawayo

1992 to 1995

Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Grahamstown: Johan Carinus Art Centre

Port Elizabeth Technikon Student Exhibitions

Eastern Province Society of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition

Georgina graduated with distinction from Port Elizabeth Technikon - 1992 to 1995 with a National Diploma in Fine Art. Majoring in Sculpture with Paintings & Ceramics as minor subjects.

Georgina received numerous Merit Awards and Bursaries, most notably:

Tthe Portland Cement Institute Design Award 1993,

The Coca Cola Bursary 1994,

Santam Bank Bursary Award Winner 1994,

P. E Technikons own Bursary Award 1992, 1993 and 1995