Trout farms and women empowerment the focus for Ian Warden
Funds always go to charity as local artist Ian Warden takes notice of people in need.
Passion for art, people and helping the less-privileged all come together for Ian Warden.
The Randburg Art Society member has had some success as an artist, showed his work in exhibitions in London and sold a number of paintings over the years.
But the money always goes back to charity.
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“At the London exhibition my work focused on women empowerment in South Africa,” he said.
“It showed stuff from women in Gucci shoes in Sandton to women in rural Mozambique. Another recent series of paintings I am selling shows trout fishing in Mpumalanga. I sell the works and funds go to charity.”
He said there are many women in need in rural Mpumalanga and he and other artists have donated essential goods there lately.
Local businesses, such as the trout farms, are at great risk in the areas, as are the communities where unemployment is rife.
“A great artists sees things in a different way,” Warden continued.
“It is not just about what looks good, but appreciating something and seeing the nature of it.”
He enjoys using water colour more than other apparatus, but Warden has been making water features and doing gardening for 60 years.
He considers this art as well.
The society has been meeting at Delta Café & Don Quixote, since the Blairgowrie Recreation Centre was closed for maintenance in June last year.
The group gathers every Monday morning to share ideas and work on art among like-minded people.
Details: Randburg Art Society 071 457 4138.
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