But local stays lekker, which is why we chose Ann@Home as the name of the exhibition to celebrate Ann's 81st year. 'Annie' as she is affectionately known, works from her studio in Constantia. Please enjoy our selection of some of her paintings - which in themselves, pay tribute to this great artist.

More about the artist

Ann Nosworthy (nee Uys) was born in Cape Town in 1927 and is from an old wine-growing family in the Cape. She spent three years studying at the Michaelis School of Art in her home town but took a long sabbatical to raise a family. But, painting was always in her blood and in her early fifties, the bug bit her with a vengeance. Enthusiastically and with a more mature, well-travelled outlook, she once again picked up her oils and brushes. 30 years on, Ann is still travelling and transferring her rich experiences and inner serenity onto canvas.

Ann’s medium is oils and her work has often been likened to the impressionists and is described as “very gentle and very beautiful”. She is totally versatile on subject matter and is always game to learn and try anything new.

Ann has attended art courses throughout the United Kingdom as well as in Provence and Spain. Several of her paintings depict scenes in Greece (her ‘absolutely favourite place’ and a source of infinite inspiration) as well as Italy, where she has stayed on numerous occasions.

Ann has been nominated twice as Best Oil Painter of the Year by the South African Society of Artists and continues to sell her paintings nationally and internationally; she has also been profiled on Top Billing, during a garden exhibition in Johannesburg.

‘Ann’s paintings are timeless, elegant and tranquil. They resonate with her calm quiet strength and serenity and she is strongly influenced by impressionists, post-impressionists and painters like John Singer-Sargent and Berthe Morisot. The fresh, clear colours and the feeling of serenity that her paintings inspire, provide a welcome contrast to the pressures of life today.’