Ian Coetser
‘…….he is South Africa’s pre-eminent portrait sculptor….”
‘…….he is South Africa’s pre-eminent portrait sculptor….”
“Apparently the resemblance is incredible – perhaps even slightly frightening – to quote one of Mr. Jonah’s other brothers, and he keeps expressing amazement that you were able to create so lifelike a portrait (of his father) from an old photograph and his brother’s image”.
“This is a slightly expressionistic head modelled thick and strong. The head appears Manneristic, with a goatee beard that helps to elongate the face. The bushy eyebrows and protruding forehead throw deep shadows over the eyes, emphasizing them and making them deeper, brooding. On viewing the face from the front, a slight asymmetrical rendering of the cheeks can be seen. This lends two profiles to the face. Seen from the right, the thinner cheek with its vertical hollow that causes a shadow leaves a stern, ponderous impression on that side. On the left profile, where the cheek is fuller, this slight distortion, with the help of the mouth, gives a mischievous, gnomelike quality to the face. Thus two sides of a character are revealed…A formidable work and a remarkable portrait”.
The Widgetkit Map provides a simple solution for adding a map to your website. Various features let you customize the map, like changing colors and adding markers or directions.
This map features all map controls, multiple markers and you can get the direction.
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Set or invert the hue, saturation, lightness and gamma of a map.
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This map has a fixed width, no controls and no markers.
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With the Widgetkit Map you can quickly create and manage simple maps with features like multiple markers, text popups and custom color schemes. Once you have created a map, you can load it anywhere on your website using shortcodes or the universal Widgetkit Joomla module or WordPress widget.
The Widgetkit Gallery provides a smart and automated way to publish images on your website. You only need to select the image folders and the whole gallery is generated automatically.
This is an image showcase with eye-catching transition effects and a thumbnail navigation.
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This is an image wall with zoom effect, no margins and squared corners using the lightbox.
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This is an image wall with scattered polaroid pictures using the lightbox.
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This is an image slider where the image centers automatically during the effect. It also features a spotlight caption and the lightbox.
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This is an image slider where the image stays left during the effect.
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This is an image gallery using the nice swipe effect from the slideshow widget.
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This is an image gallery using all the features from the slideshow widget.
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This is a simple image showcase mashing up all the features from the slideshow and slideset widget.
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This is a very basic slideshow which uses preview thumbnails inside the image as a navigation.
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This is an image wall with some margins and rounded corners using the spotlight and lightbox.
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This is an image gallery using all the features from the slideset widget.
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The Widgetkit Gallery comes with a user-friendly administration user interface which let’s you create new galleries with just a few clicks. The integrated directory browser let’s you easily add or remove source directories of your images. All galleries can be loaded anywhere in your theme using shortcodes or the universal Widgetkit Joomla module or WordPress widget.
“They asked me to recommend some-one that I wanted (to do her portrait) and I suggested Mike Edwards because I believe in his sincerity, his objectivity, and I knew I could leave it to him.
I was pleased with the result because he’s the artist and he expressed what he liked from me. I think he made me quite a strong woman there. I am a lasting woman. The resemblance is good enough for me, but l think it’s more the thinking quality, the “denk deelte” that comes through in the eyes. It is also peaceful but in a strong way. Maybe there is a little sadness in the face, in the mouth, but I was very happy in the end, I must tell you”.