Bio
Artist Bio
Miranda Gerber specializes in watermedia - watercolour, acrylics and collage.
Miranda received her high school diploma from from the small farming community of Williston South Africa. She received a B. Arch. Stud. (Architecture) from the University of the Free State in 1997.
Miranda spent more than 7 years working as a graphic artist and web designer, while freelancing as an architectural designer. Miranda also studied part time for a number of years at the Menlyn Private Art School under Salomi Prinsloo, one of South Africa's most successful artists, in acrylics and watercolour.
Miranda is an enthusiastic member of the Watercolour Society of South Africa.
Artist Statement
A reverence for nature and the Creator has always guided my passion for creating art. For me, art should transcend mere craftsmanship. Art and the process of making art is an act of meditation, of reflection on our purpose in life and thereby reinventing ourselves and the world around us each day.
Art should distil an object to its emotional essence and in this way not just mimic nature, but render visible the small miracles of nature that we pass by so effortlessly each day: the flutter of a butterfly’s wings, the rustle of the wind in the trees, the laughter of a child.
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About
I am an artist and mother living in sunny South Africa (Pretoria, Gauteng), who has successfully avoided getting a “real” job for the last 3 years. Before my son was born I worked for 7 years as a graphic/web designer and programmer in the corporate world, so: “Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.”
Crealuna was born when writing code all day started to get the better of me. Since I used to get up at 4 in the morning to go to my studio and make stuff before going to work, creating while the moon was still throwing its last magical rays across the earth – Crealuna – just sounded appropriate.
I love all things creative and I love to blend arts, switching from digital to a real brush and back, sewing stuff onto my canvasses, dreaming and scheming about the endless new possibilities that await us in art, and in life, if we but approach it with an open and positive mindset.
Thank you for stopping by!
Miranda Gerber
