Dalene Meiring
Based in the beautiful Arrowtown, Dalene has her studio within the gallery at the Giraffe Art Gallery. Her paintings expressively offer themes of femininity and connectivity creating worlds in which familiar motifs such as flowers, landscapes, cityscapes, objects, and animals take on wider symbolic qualities.
Meiring's work is driven by her fascination with the intricate ways in which the elements of our individual worlds coexist. This interaction propels a gentle anecdotal narrative through each artwork, whether it’s an abstracted landscape, a joyful floral composition, or an animal at rest.
Finely rendered in oil, the large scale of her paintings invites us to contemplate the shifting textural layering and serene tapestries that reflect the timeless fragments of daily life.
Born in Sasolburg, South Africa in 1965, Meiring studied art at the University of South Africa. In 1997, she emigrated with her family to New Zealand, where she has continued to paint full time. Her work is exhibited in private and corporate collections throughout New Zealand and overseas.