Yvette Hess Artist

17/02/2025

Doing internet things while there be internet.

17/02/2025

Anyone can. At any point. Your environment can inspire you to new heights. Are you looking for the gems, the spark in your own circle?
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17/02/2025

SOLD!!!.…on Friday to a wonderful couple starting their own air b’n b in Port Elizabeth. It was great to meet them and hear about the dream they're creating together. They walked around in Ladismith, getting to know the locals. Isn't it amazing, people from far can see the wonder and magic of this amazing town!
I'll post details of their establishment as soon as they are ready to share.
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“Only in Ladismith” Art block. Acrylic on MDF wood, sealed with resin.
“This Copper Pot” oil paint on stretched canvas.

15/02/2025

Lost and Found is not a dusty box filled with forgotten things... It's a place where you can discover all sorts of treasure! Something big, something small, something new, or different...

Sometimes we have to lose our way to open up to discovering the treasure under our noses all the time.
Go visit- start a herb garden. Fresh herbs and plants in ;)

14/02/2025

What a wonderful Love-filled morning at YAh! Fine Art and Design Studio and Sophia Bakery and Coffee Bar Ladismith !!
Old friends, new ones, new moms, veteran moms, a baby and a baby-on-the-way, fun, fabulous tourists, impromptu meetups and reconnections, and ... Birthdays....
Hurrah! We sing Happy Birthday to Emma at Sophia's!
And also a happy birthday to Davide all the way in Italy! 🤗✨

Say yes to Life!

Come stop for a milkshake today!

14/02/2025

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13/02/2025

“….Only in Ladismith…” Art Block. Acrylic paint on 20x 20cm mdf block sealed with resin.

Story behind the work:
2 years ago, I launched my brooches at the then-Koesoeskloof Market. I filled my table with Ladismith items: “You can begin again and again in Ladismith”, and “Only in Ladismith” were some of the art items I made. One market visitor burst out laughing when she read “Only in Ladismith”. Sometimes you really do hear the funniest things- love stories, impossibilities and the realities other people face.
Sometimes you don't if you are living in a movie.
I guess it what makes us rich, all the contradictions and dreams coming true before our eyes.

13/02/2025

Between a rock and a hard place 😅
Welcome to Ladismith!
Live long and Prosper. 🩷

Story behind the art:
This brooch range formed part of a celebration of artwork and the message of being Ladismith-proud, as an Inkommer or a Local. From day 1, I saw this place as brimming with potential. So much so that I poured all energy into Ladismith… “I Acme to Ladismith… and found more than cheese” is more than a gimmick. It is a belief I have stood by and seen evidence of its possibility for myself and for others. Peoples lives have transformed. And can still transform.

11/02/2025

Visual Arts Network of South Africa (VANSA)

uHlanga Publications accepts poetry submissions from South African writers of any experience, living in South Africa or elsewhere.

Submissions must be predominantly written in English or isiXhosa. Poems in other languages may be included in your manuscript, but the majority of the poems should be in either of those languages.

There is no prescribed length for submissions. Most books published by uHlanga contain 20 to 40 poems, but there are exceptions.

Writers should be either a citizen, national, or permanent resident of South Africa. (Refugees and asylum seekers currently in South Africa are also eligible.)

There is no reading fee.

Please note that this is not a competition and uHlanga reserves the right to publish none of the manuscripts received during this submissions period. Successful writers will be offered their standard contract.

Submissions will be open from 1 February 2025 to 28 February 2025.

Submissions will only be accepted through their email address: [email protected]

Read more about uHlanga's submission period and other events available on our Hive: https://jgf.org.za/event/uhlanga-publication-south-african-poetry/

09/02/2025

The Reference image… there were a few but this was used to fit the canvas.
Painting “Look for the sign” 2025 by Yvette Hess Artist
Signboard art in reference image by Johlandi Salmon
Venue On Location Lost and Found Ladismith Gallery and Creative Community hub
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09/02/2025

"Follow the Sign" 2025. Acrylic on stretched ETH Canvas . 40x40cm

This painting is a raffle prize from last year for Lost and Found Ladismith .

So glad it's done! I'm proud of what I achieved using acrylic paint 🎨 I was going for mixed mediums ... But sjoe it didn't work out... Next time 😬

Between life, travel and new beginnings, it's taken me a while to finish. This painting was a journey in itself! I had to ask myself big questions and redirect the energy.

From a Blank canvas to ..... A new painting. That is life! Every mark counts, even the ones you don't make. We are always moving forward.🌈🌼💖 You are not behind - maybe the layer is just drying.

07/02/2025

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07/02/2025

So Joy has been helping me move things around in the studio. 🤭😑😜😅 Jirrr.
Personally, for many years went through periods of severe struggles with taking up and asserting myself (without shrinking) in physical space, whether it was home or work. It is easier to do it for others, than myself. Wrestling wanting to be seen and collapsing when being seen.

With her decades in hospitality and retail, she has been catching all of my blind spots. That and Pinterest... Such nice ideas.

I'll be spending more time in studio over the next few weeks and months. Paintings, exhibitions and projects.

Come see what we are getting up to, if you want to! 🤭 You are free to choose.

Signs, shop-shop stuff all to come. And my friends from far, you are welcome! Come to Ladismith. ❤️

07/02/2025

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