Judy Moolenschot (Artist)

Art Bio 

Judy Moolenschot

Judy was previously the art teacher for this group of artists exhibiting here.  Having acquired a Fine Art degree later in life, her ambition was to share the deep joy and excitement of creating meaningful and unique art work.  The emphasis has always been on finding a personal process and exploring one’s unique view of the world.  Currently she is retired as a teacher and is working alongside her one-time students in a tightly-knit group of women artists at The Heap!       

               

Recent Work

“Getting on”

This collection is a small part of the artist’s visual record, which explores the physical, emotional, psychological and metaphysical relationship with her mother  over the past five years.  In this period of time mother and daughter began a regular routine: walking together every Friday.  Until that time they had tended to bicker often but the artist realized that once they got out into the open spaces and especially into the Fynbos, they became the best of friends. 

The fact that they are both now senior citizens – one in her nineties and the other in her sixties - makes them very aware that they have no time to waste and must enjoy what shared time they have left. These walks have become analogies and metaphors for their passage, their progress through Life as well as their many shared burdens and family history.