Anton de Klerk is a fulltime South African artist with a unique abstract expressionistic style.  Inspired by nature and his love of colour he creates vibrant, expressive art of profound emotion and universal themes.  His images resonate with movement and positive energy.

Anton draws on his experience with many different mediums but mainly uses a combination of wood, steel, and acrylic paint.  Occasionally he adds copper, other metals and pewter to the mix.  He has developed a unique way of handling these mixed media to create mesterpieces which reflect his inner understanding of matters of the heart, soul and spirit.

Each new piece of inspired art is carefully planned, engraved on wood and then painted with acrylics rich with emotional texture and colour.  Anton’s art has an ethnic feel and speaks to the mind and soul of the observer.  His work can be defined as a balance between mastery. of technique, expressing an opinion and eliciting an emotional response.  The ultimate goal is to seek truth and to confidently share what he finds.

His artistic career started in 1989 when he resigned from his corporate job, backpacking through Europe and traveling through the US extensively, producing African curios and ethnic custom jewelry to pay his way.  It was during this journey that he sold his first two paintings.  Back in South Africa he created unique home décor which combined African cultures and Western traditions and were sold in many décor shops all over South Africa.

At the age of 50, Anton decided to live his dream as a fulltime artist in the beautiful Waterberg District in Limpopo, South Africa.  The masterpieces he now creates derives from his jewelry and décor art and engraving experience.  Anton has exhibited his works in many art galleries, group shows and one-man shows since 2015.  His commissioned works ironically hang in many corporate spaces, lodges and private collections around the world.