Franci du Plessis
Franci started her art career 20 years ago with the well known artist Denzil Herring. She excelled in all mediums and quickly made a career in art and teaching art. After a successfully teaching career she relocated from Tzaneen where she had an art studio and trained various new artist and commissioned several masterpieces. She believes that art is not just a talent but a technique and any person can become a great artist.
Her unique style of teaching art has made her a popular and loved teacher, starting quite a few students on a career in the arts and several engineering qualifications at various universities in South Africa.
Our students range between the ages 6yrs to 80yrs+. We have a relaxed environment where the student have the ability to broaden their art career and expand their imagination.
The teaching principles is based on activating the
right-side of the brain thus creating great success.
Prospective students are accommodated for all levels starting any time of the year.
Working with different types of people, each student turned out to be a great artist.
It is important to her that no person has the right to tell a learner that he or she does not have talent. If you work hard on something, any
talent is achievable.
She currently teaches weekly Art classes in Fourways, Claudius, Vereeniging and Parkhurst, presenting monthly workshops and master classes on request.
Her passion is still taking on commissions of various styles of painting and
drawings. She has been involved with various judging of art competitions and
served on the board for Eisteddfods on school level.
The studio has a yearly art exhibition to attract new artist and invite friends, families and investors to
observe the extraordinary talent of the students.
She is known for the way she develops each individual student's style technique. It is important to her that the student's study her
style but develop their own technique.



Recent Projects

Girl in her room
COLOUR PENCIL
Rembrandt Polycolor Pencils on Fabriano Artistico 300mg Hot pressed board
Classical Romantic Series by Franci
The idea is that the lady will be in fine art and the background should disappear to create debt and atmosphere...

Mysterious Impressions
Oil on canvas - work in progress