PORT FOLIO
ANNETTE DA SILVA
ANNETE DA SILVA WAS BORN AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT KENYA, IN THE LITTLE TOWN ELDORET. At AN VERY EARLY AGE HER PARENTS REALIZED THAT THEIR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WAS GIFTED AND SHOWED GREAT TALENT IN BOTH MUSIC AND ART. THEY MOVED TO SOUTH AFRICA AND SETTLED IN SPRINGS ON THE EAST RAND OF GAUTENG. ANNETTE ATTENDED HUGENOTE HIGH, WHERE SHE WAS PRIVILEGED TO DO THE DECOR FOR ALL SCHOOL PRODUCTIONS AND SANG AND WROTE SONGS FOR THE WELL KNOWN " JONGE JUFFIES" GROUP. SHE HAD HER FIRST ART EXHIBITION AT THE EARLY AGE OF FIFTEEN AND WENT ON TO WIN MANY ART- AND MUSIC AWARDS.
AFTER SCHOOL SHE ATTENDED ART COLLEGE IN JHB, AND THEN WENT INTO THE PRINTING BUSINESS. SHE GOT MARRIED AND STARTED PAINTING PROFESSIONALLY AND GIVING ART LESSONS TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS. SHE ALSO SANG WITH MANY GOSPEL GROUPS AND AFTER COMPLETING HER FIRST GOSPEL CD, WAS PRIVILEGED TO DO CONCERTS WITH PEOPLE LIKE MANUEL ESCORCIO, AND MANY OTHERS. SHE CAN NOW BE SEEN ON GOSPEL TV CHANNELS BOTH HERE AND ABROAD, AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE PRODUCTION OF A NEW CD WHICH WOULD INCLUDE MANY OF HER OWN SONGS.
IN 2007 SHE WAS COMMISSIONED TO DO TWO PAINTINGS AT THE ROYAL CORNWAL SHOW IN ENGLAND, SHE HAS SOLD PAINTINGS FROM VARIOUS ART GALLERIES FROM CLARENCE TO JOHANNESBURG AND PRETORIA. SHE IS KNOWN FOR HER PORTRAITS IN OILS AND PASTEL AND WAS COMMISSIONED TO DO A PORTRAIT OF MADIBA.
SHE HAS PRODUCED A SERIES OF THE BIG FIVE WHICH WAS PRINTED INTO JIGSAW PUZZLES AND CAN BE FOUND IN MAN HOMES RIGHT THROUGH OUT SA.
AFTER HER DIVORCE SHE MOVED TO THE CAPE AND NOW LIVES IN STRAND AND WORKS AT AN ARTS AND CRAFTS OUTLET IN SOMERSET WEST, WHERE SHE IS WELL LOVED FOR HER VIBRANT ART CLASSES IN MANY DIFFERENT MEDIUMS. SHE ALSO SPECIALISES IN PRIVATE ART CLASSES - TRAVELLING TO STUDENT'S AND PRESENTING ONE ON ONE TUITION IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME - SOMETHING WHICH PROVES TO BE VERY POPULAR, BECAUSE OF THE GOOD RESULTS ACHIEVED - AND ALSO THE THERAPEUTIC VALUE OF ART.
ANNETTE DA SILVA
ANNETE DA SILVA WAS BORN AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT KENYA, IN THE LITTLE TOWN ELDORET. At AN VERY EARLY AGE HER PARENTS REALIZED THAT THEIR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WAS GIFTED AND SHOWED GREAT TALENT IN BOTH MUSIC AND ART. THEY MOVED TO SOUTH AFRICA AND SETTLED IN SPRINGS ON THE EAST RAND OF GAUTENG. ANNETTE ATTENDED HUGENOTE HIGH, WHERE SHE WAS PRIVILEGED TO DO THE DECOR FOR ALL SCHOOL PRODUCTIONS AND SANG AND WROTE SONGS FOR THE WELL KNOWN " JONGE JUFFIES" GROUP. SHE HAD HER FIRST ART EXHIBITION AT THE EARLY AGE OF FIFTEEN AND WENT ON TO WIN MANY ART- AND MUSIC AWARDS.
AFTER SCHOOL SHE ATTENDED ART COLLEGE IN JHB, AND THEN WENT INTO THE PRINTING BUSINESS. SHE GOT MARRIED AND STARTED PAINTING PROFESSIONALLY AND GIVING ART LESSONS TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS. SHE ALSO SANG WITH MANY GOSPEL GROUPS AND AFTER COMPLETING HER FIRST GOSPEL CD, WAS PRIVILEGED TO DO CONCERTS WITH PEOPLE LIKE MANUEL ESCORCIO, AND MANY OTHERS. SHE CAN NOW BE SEEN ON GOSPEL TV CHANNELS BOTH HERE AND ABROAD, AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE PRODUCTION OF A NEW CD WHICH WOULD INCLUDE MANY OF HER OWN SONGS.
IN 2007 SHE WAS COMMISSIONED TO DO TWO PAINTINGS AT THE ROYAL CORNWAL SHOW IN ENGLAND, SHE HAS SOLD PAINTINGS FROM VARIOUS ART GALLERIES FROM CLARENCE TO JOHANNESBURG AND PRETORIA. SHE IS KNOWN FOR HER PORTRAITS IN OILS AND PASTEL AND WAS COMMISSIONED TO DO A PORTRAIT OF MADIBA.
SHE HAS PRODUCED A SERIES OF THE BIG FIVE WHICH WAS PRINTED INTO JIGSAW PUZZLES AND CAN BE FOUND IN MAN HOMES RIGHT THROUGH OUT SA.
AFTER HER DIVORCE SHE MOVED TO THE CAPE AND NOW LIVES IN STRAND AND WORKS AT AN ARTS AND CRAFTS OUTLET IN SOMERSET WEST, WHERE SHE IS WELL LOVED FOR HER VIBRANT ART CLASSES IN MANY DIFFERENT MEDIUMS. SHE ALSO SPECIALISES IN PRIVATE ART CLASSES - TRAVELLING TO STUDENT'S AND PRESENTING ONE ON ONE TUITION IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME - SOMETHING WHICH PROVES TO BE VERY POPULAR, BECAUSE OF THE GOOD RESULTS ACHIEVED - AND ALSO THE THERAPEUTIC VALUE OF ART.