Belinda Ross

About Me

Painting has been an intrinsic part of my life for many years. It is how I connect with the world, it’s where I find my freedom. My travels have taken me across Africa, residing in Zambia, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Cameroon While I often visit my three daughters abroad, I currently call Johannesburg my home. My connection to the glorious Eastern Cape runs deep, and through my art I search to translate the inner peace I experienced as a child walking on the farm.

I am completely absorbed by the timelessness of the landscape around us. I paint intuitively, beginning the process by spending time in situ, sketches and gathering information. Sometimes collecting twigs or grasses to use as painting tools. When I am back in the studio I reflect on what I experienced and what I would like to express. My work is joyous and colorful, and I invite viewers to immerse themselves in my imaginative landscapes.

My artistic journey is a constant quest for inspiration, pushing the boundaries of my craft to create pieces that resonate with authenticity and speak to my soul.

The Process

My art is how I connect myself with the world, it’s where I find my freedom, my energy and answers. I am passionate about paint and colour, and how their physical presence evolves from working with raw ideas to paintings with unique unpredictable personalities of their own.

My art is always based on photos I take, little ordinary snippets because I believe that the most value we can find in life is through the ordinary. I don’t like to wait for special occasions, I want to find my gratitude every day, no matter where I am or what I am doing. I work primarily in oils, but if I am travelling I often work on birchwood panels with acrylics.

List of exhibitions

2024 Encapsulation, a solo exhibition. Ink Box, Kalk Bay
2023 New and Now exhibition, Ink Box, Kalk Bay

2023 Moved to Johannesburg

2022 Art2Life International Juried Art Exhibition
2022 Completed Creative Visionary Program online through Nicholas Wilton
2021 The Gallery, Ballitto SA Landscape Finalist Exhibition

2018 Moved to Douala, Cameroon
2017 Moved to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2014 Moved to Nigeria, started selling work on Yessy and Saartchi

2013 Under a Zambia sky, solo exhibition P’zazz
2012 AIS Gallery, Lusaka
2011 On display at Sugarbush Farm, Lusaka
2011 SAA artists online

2010 Moved to Zambia

2009 National Society of the Arts Group Exhibition
2009 Permanently exhibiting at Etchings Gallery, Durban
2009 Gallery 91, Somerset West
2009 Affordable Arts Exhibition Artspace, Durban
2008 National Society of the Arts Group Exhibition
2008 Emergence Art Exhibition, Durban North
2008 Nashua Art in the Park, Pietermaritzburg
2008 Affordable Arts Exhibition Artspace, Durban
2008 Group artists Exhibition, Signature Art Gallery
2007 National Society of the Arts Group Exhibition
2007 Kizo Arts Exhibition, Umhlanga
2007 Annual Arts exhibition Artspace Gallery, Durban

I exhibited prolifically when I lived in South Africa many years ago. When I lived in West Africa, I had to expand my business through an online presence and word of mouth. Joyfully, my work is in art collections all over the world. However I am pleased to say that we are back in South Africa and apart from continuing with galleries online, I am represented by the Ink Box in Kalk Bay, Cape Town.