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Lisette Forsyth

Lisette Forsyth

Cape Town | 51 artworks for sale

  • A Trip With My Mother - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth A Trip With My Mother
    Giclée Print / 27 x 34 cm
    R4 750
  • Closed Circuit - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Closed Circuit
    Giclée Print / 34 x 40 cm
    R5 500
  • Lockdown Blues - Painting by Lisette Forsyth Lockdown Blues
    Painting / 25 x 32 cm
    R6 000
  • Harbour Lights - Painting by Lisette Forsyth Harbour Lights
    Painting / 42 x 30 cm
    R9 750
  • Social & Personal Intimacy - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Social & Personal Intimacy
    Giclée Print / 51 x 67 cm
    R9 000
  • Rivers - Painting by Lisette Forsyth Rivers
    Painting / 34 x 47 cm
    R15 000
  • Birds Of A Feather - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth Birds Of A Feather
    Original Painting / 112 x 45 cm
    R30 000
  • Face To Face - Painting by Lisette Forsyth Face To Face
    Painting / 55 x 71 cm
    R34 000
  • 9 Months Of Intimacy - Painting by Lisette Forsyth 9 Months Of Intimacy
    Painting / 42 x 56 cm
    R18 000
  • Winds Of Change - Painting by Lisette Forsyth Winds Of Change
    Painting / 109 x 89 cm
    R48 800
  • First Intimacy - Mixed Media by Lisette Forsyth First Intimacy
    Mixed Media / 76 x 57 cm
    R39 000
  • Under My Hand - Painting by Lisette Forsyth Under My Hand
    Painting / 34 x 48 cm
    R15 000
  • Holy Commercial - Painting by Lisette Forsyth Holy Commercial
    Painting / 121 x 99 cm
    R48 800
  • European Girl - Painting by Lisette Forsyth European Girl
    Painting / 35 x 48 cm
    R15 000
  • Sunlight - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth Sunlight
    Original Painting / 57 x 76 cm
    R34 000
  • Farming Implements - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Farming Implements
    Giclée Print / 29 x 42 cm
    R3 480
  • Water Girl - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Water Girl
    Giclée Print / 29 x 42 cm
    R3 480
  • Bird Island - Hand-Finished Print by Lisette Forsyth Bird Island
    Hand-Finished Print / 107 x 77 cm
    R28 000
  • Cattle - Painting by Lisette Forsyth Cattle
    Painting / 35 x 48 cm
    R15 000
  • Be Kind - Painting by Lisette Forsyth Be Kind
    Painting / 34 x 37 cm
    R15 000
  • Jet Black Ox - Painting by Lisette Forsyth Jet Black Ox
    Painting / 35 x 48 cm
    R15 000
  • Sitting On A Cloud - Original Artwork by Lisette Forsyth Sitting On A Cloud
    Original Artwork / 38 x 29 cm
    R9 750
  • Dog Tickets - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Dog Tickets
    Giclée Print / 29 x 42 cm
    R3 480
  • The Defendant - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth The Defendant
    Giclée Print / 29 x 42 cm
    R3 480
  • Alliances - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Alliances
    Giclée Print / 29 x 42 cm
    R3 480
  • One Shilling - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth One Shilling
    Giclée Print / 29 x 42 cm
    R3 480
  • Trade With Mozambique - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Trade With Mozambique
    Giclée Print / 52 x 38 cm
    R6 000
  • Friend Or Relative - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Friend Or Relative
    Giclée Print / 29 x 42 cm
    R3 480
  • Cellphone Banking - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Cellphone Banking
    Giclée Print / 29 x 42 cm
    R3 480
  • Famous Amateurs - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Famous Amateurs
    Giclée Print / 52 x 72 cm
    R9 000
  • Immigration No 11 - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Immigration No 11
    Giclée Print / 29 x 42 cm
    R3 480
  • Gabriel Johannes Snyman - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Gabriel Johannes Snyman
    Giclée Print / 29 x 42 cm
    R3 480
  • A Piece Of Ground - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth A Piece Of Ground
    Giclée Print / 29 x 42 cm
    R3 480
  • Team Work - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Team Work
    Giclée Print / 110 x 76 cm
    R18 800
  • Homeland - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Homeland
    Giclée Print / 105 x 75 cm
    R18 800
  • World Games - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth World Games
    Giclée Print / 110 x 76 cm
    R18 800
  • Fun - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Fun
    Giclée Print / 106 x 77 cm
    R18 800
  • Official Handbook - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Official Handbook
    Giclée Print / 29 x 42 cm
    R3 480
  • Cuba - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Cuba
    Giclée Print / 120 x 75 cm
    R18 800
  • Chamais Bay To Port Nolloth - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Chamais Bay To Port Nolloth
    Giclée Print / 104 x 80 cm
    R18 800
  • A Sentiment Of Sorrow - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth A Sentiment Of Sorrow
    Giclée Print / 51 x 62 cm
    R9 000
  • Bachelors & Spinsters - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Bachelors & Spinsters
    Giclée Print / 54 x 74 cm
    R9 000
  • Milk Mad - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Milk Mad
    Giclée Print / 54 x 74 cm
    R9 000
  • Servitude Rights - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Servitude Rights
    Giclée Print / 30 x 42 cm
    R3 480
  • Trader - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Trader
    Giclée Print / 30 x 42 cm
    R3 480
  • Land - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Land
    Giclée Print / 54 x 74 cm
    R9 000
  • Mothers Of School Boys - Hand-Finished Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Mothers Of School Boys
    Hand-Finished Giclée Print / 54 x 74 cm
    R12 000
  • Port St. John - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Port St. John
    Giclée Print / 30 x 42 cm
    R3 480
  • Entrance - Original Sketch by Lisette Forsyth Entrance
    Original Sketch / 91 x 59 cm
    R6 000
  • 13-Year-Old Girl & 8-Year-Old Boy - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth 13-Year-Old Girl & 8-Year-Old Boy
    Giclée Print / 30 x 42 cm
    R3 500
  • Crime And Punishment - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth Crime And Punishment
    Giclée Print / 59 x 78 cm
    R10 000
  • Essential Worker - Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Essential Worker
    Painting / 34 x 46 cm
  • Dawn Of Womanhood - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth
    Dawn Of Womanhood
    Giclée Print / 54 x 74 cm
  • The Future - Hand-Finished Print by Lisette Forsyth
    The Future
    Hand-Finished Print / 119 x 94 cm
  • Goods - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth
    Goods
    Giclée Print / 29 x 42 cm
  • Rain, Rain, Rain - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth
    Rain, Rain, Rain
    Giclée Print / 54 x 74 cm
  • Prepare - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth
    Prepare
    Giclée Print / 52 x 72 cm
  • Native Curios - Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Native Curios
    Painting / 57 x 75 cm
  • On The Road From Peddie ed.1/5 - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth
    On The Road From Peddie ed.1/5
    Giclée Print / 29 x 42 cm
  • Minor Alterations ed.1/5 - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth
    Minor Alterations ed.1/5
    Giclée Print / 40 x 50 cm
  • Mother's Love Ed. 5/10 - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth
    Mother's Love Ed. 5/10
    Giclée Print / 28 x 42 cm
  • King - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    King
    Original Painting / 34 x 47 cm
  • Essence - Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Essence
    Painting / 63 x 78 cm
  • 12 Year Old - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    12 Year Old
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Kings Will Dream - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Kings Will Dream
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Dark Eyes - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Dark Eyes
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Die Donkie Is 'n Wonderlike Ding Ed. 2/5 - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth
    Die Donkie Is 'n Wonderlike Ding Ed. 2/5
    Giclée Print / 30 x 42 cm
  • Piece Of Africa Ed.1/5 - Giclée Print by Lisette Forsyth
    Piece Of Africa Ed.1/5
    Giclée Print / 119 x 94 cm
  • Wheeling - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Wheeling
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Fire Wood - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Fire Wood
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Piece Of Africa - Hand-Finished Print by Lisette Forsyth
    Piece Of Africa
    Hand-Finished Print / 119 x 94 cm
  • Prepare - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Prepare
    Original Painting / 56 x 76 cm
  • Deep Low - Original Artwork by Lisette Forsyth
    Deep Low
    Original Artwork / 39 x 30 cm
  • Interior - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Interior
    Original Painting / 39 x 30 cm
  • Formally Separated - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Formally Separated
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Ist Day - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Ist Day
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Mother's Love - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Mother's Love
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Snell - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Snell
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Lady Atlas - Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Lady Atlas
    Painting / 122 x 205 cm
  • BAZAAR - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    BAZAAR
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Religious Communication - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Religious Communication
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Forgive - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Forgive
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Guardian - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Guardian
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Trade With Mozambique - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Trade With Mozambique
    Original Painting / 57 x 42 cm
  • Other Vehicle - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Other Vehicle
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Payday (Betaal) - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Payday (Betaal)
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Purity - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Purity
    Original Painting / 59 x 78 cm
  • Water For Domestic Purposes - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Water For Domestic Purposes
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Eligible Land - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Eligible Land
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Homeland - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Homeland
    Original Painting / 110 x 80 cm
  • Loopendewegen - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Loopendewegen
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Land Grabs - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Land Grabs
    Original Painting / 107 x 80 cm
  • Schulphoek/The Deal - Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Schulphoek/The Deal
    Painting / 145 x 87 cm
  • One Side Of A Square - Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    One Side Of A Square
    Painting / 145 x 109 cm
  • A Piece Of Ground - Original Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    A Piece Of Ground
    Original Painting / 35 x 48 cm
  • Wheat Free - Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Wheat Free
    Painting / 33 x 46 cm
  • Africa My Love - Painting by Lisette Forsyth
    Africa My Love
    Painting / 120 x 96 cm
Lisette Forsyth is a contemporary visual artist based in Cape Town, South Africa.
"I take the discarded materials of modern work and transmute their surfaces into artifacts with a powerful appeal to current artistic sensibilities. Scarred wood, rusted steel, battered metal and builder’s planks are all grist to my grinder, saw, and paintbrush. The story of each piece is transmutation, the outcome, I hope, is enchantment.

I believe that the dialogue I initiate in my work starts a chain reaction between my thoughts and the subject matter; between the elements in the work – the images, the objects and the background – all integrated and reinforced by the strong binding shadows I invariably include. Crucial to it all is the satisfying dialogue between my art and the viewer, because I believe that our experience of a piece of art is enhanced by our understanding of the values it signifies." - Lisette Forsyth.

Lisette Bambine Forsyth (b. 1968) studied Graphic Design at The Cape Technikon from 1989 – 1991 and graduated with a Diploma, majoring in photography and printmaking. She has worked in many fields all over Europe and Australia before coming home and setting up her own studio in Woodstock.

Lisette has exhibited widely with solo and group shows across South Africa as well as internationally: she was a 2007 Vuleka finalist.

Selected Exhibitions:

 
2019
Solo exhibition LAND, at StateoftheART Cape Town

2018
Harlem Fine Arts Show (HFAS) in New York

2017
SAADA art show with Holden Manz
Group Exhibition: 'UNITLED|SPRING' at StateoftheART Gallery, Cape Town

2016
SAADA art show with Holden Manz
Group Exhibition: 'Poudly South African' at Studio Dylan Thomas, Cape Town
Group Exhibition with East Side Studios, Cape Town
BRKLYN Spring Exhibition, Cape Town

2015
Solo Exhibition: ‘Nothing in India’ at Studio Dylan Thomas, Cape Town
Solo Exhibition: ‘Love they Neighbour’ at StateoftheART Gallery, Cape Town
Art and antique expo at the Look Out, W&A Waterfront

2014
Group Exhibition: ‘Ladies First’, Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany
Solo Exhibition: 'A Reflection Of Us' at StateoftheART Gallery, Cape Town
Solo Exhibition: ‘Who’s looking at who’ at Rust and Vrede Gallery
Group Exhibition: ‘Music and Lyrics’ at Rust and Vrede

Works donated for Ukuthemba Child foundation are auctioned by Graham Norton, resulting in sales to Mr Norton.

2013
Solo exhibition: An honest day’s work, Studio Tonic, Cape Town

2012
Part of the art walk ,Art week in Observatory  and Woodstock , resulting in an ongoing relationship with the Jeanneta Blignaut Art Consultancy, Spier.

2011
Group exhibition: Pin Hole at Haas, Cape Town

 

What is your favourite film of all time?
Each decade has it’s own film: the 80s The Outsiders; 90s Jesus of Motreal; 00s Little Miss Sunshine; and 2010 District 9.

What music are you currently listening to and why?
Bon Ivor because its easy listening and beautiful. When I am in the studio I listen to Fine Music radio, it is relaxing , undemanding has very little advertising. The long pieces help sustain a train of thought and it is also a way to keep in touch with what is going on culturally.
Most recently Listening to YO YO MAR and LP .

Which living artists do you most admire and why?
Paul Edmunds, his work is clever and original.

Which deceased artist do you most admire and why?
Brett Whitely because of his loose style and innovative use of materials.

Which exhibition that you have visited made the greatest impact on you and why?
Harry Wichat at the Smelik Stokking Galleries in Amsterdam. I loved his loose brush stroke and use of colour – it could also have been the hash chocolate.
Most recent exhibition that made an impact was work of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye in Munich, her use of colour. Stone cold sober.

What is the question you get asked most frequently about your work and how do you answer it?
Question I get asked most is where do I find my surfaces. I scavenge.

What/ who inspired you to be an artist?
My Father, when I asked what I should do after leaving school he suggested I do what makes me happy.

Can you tell us about where you make your art and what, if any, the significance this location has.
I have a studio in Woodstock, an industrial part of Cape Town. I feel a sense of productivity in the air. I also find the people that live and work here have a style and grace despite their limited resources,every move languid and rhythmic. The weathered and graffitied buildings are also an ever changing inspiration.

What do you like most about being an artist?
To have an outlet for my creative energy.

What is your greatest achievement as an artist to date?
Seeing a commission piece bring tears of joy.