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Opening Event

It’s wild in Kalk Bay over the month of January when Cape Town artist Marc Alexander hangs his latest series of wildlife oil paintings titled ‘In The Balance’. Presented by THE STUDIO Kalk Bay, this exhibition showcases the magnificence of some critically endangered animals, such as the Siberian Tiger, Sumatran Orangutan, Hawksbill Turtle, Black Rhino and Riverine Rabbit, to mention a few, superbly painted in Alexander’s hyper-realistic style.

Please join us for a glass of wine and canepes on Thursday 1 January at 6:30pm, in celebration of this evocative exhibiton.

The artist will be at the gallery daily demonstrating his painting technique and informing about the plight of his fragile subject matter. The exhibition will run until Saturday 31 January 2015.

Bush Babies by Marc Alexander from his "In The Balance' series, oil and bronze lLeaf on canvas, 40cm by 50cm. (2015).
Endangered snow leopard by Marc Alexander, with an estimated population of 4080 to 6590. Snow leopards are found in 12 countries—including China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, and Mongolia. The powerful build allows it to scale great steep slopes with ease. Its hind legs give the snow leopard the ability to leap six times the length of its body while a long tail provides balance and agility and also wraps around the resting snow leopard as protection from the cold. The sole predator of snow leopard is humans. Hunting, habitat loss and retaliatory killings are the main reasons this big cat is now listed as an endangered species. This is an oil painting of the endangered Snow Leopard. Painted on a 12 Oz cotton duct canvas and stretched on a combination stretcher measuring 80cm in hight and 140cm in length and 5cm deep.
Darwin's Delusion by Marc Alexander from the 'Skulduggery Exhibition', oil and gold leaf on canvas, 100cm by 100cm, (2015).

Marc Alexander | White Lion | In The Balance

Time-lapse video (2:28). ‘White Lion’, oil on canvas, 120cm by 200cm, (2017). In this large-scale demonstration I apply the traditional grisaille oil painting method.

Marc Alexander | Snow Leopard II | In The Balance

Time-lapse video (2:38). ‘Snow Leopard’, oil on canvas, 120cm by 200cm, (2016). In this large-scale demonstration I apply the traditional grisaille oil painting method.