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Frank Pretorius
South African
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A South African-born, UK-based painter who brings a filmmaker's eye for movement and light to wildlife and equestrian portraiture.
Frank Pretorius grew up in South Africa surrounded by nature, an upbringing that shaped his artistic sensibility long before he picked up a brush professionally. He studied graphic design, fine art and filmmaking, then spent close to two decades working in advertising and film before relocating to the UK and turning to painting full time.
That filmmaking background still shows: Pretorius describes his approach as capturing the moment where paint, canvas and a digital film frame meet, building dynamic, movement-led compositions with real depth of field. His subjects range across wildlife from Africa and England, a series based on classic Porsche 550s, and horse paintings.
His work has been shown at Contemporary Art Fairs in Windsor, and he has been an invited contributor to Sketch for Survival, the Explorers Against Extinction's annual wildlife art exhibition.
At Dane Manor Fine Art, his collection includes Born Free, Panthera Leo, Storm, Strength Within and Aurora, each built around his signature sense of motion and light.
More from Frank Pretorius: Born Free · Storm · Pearl · Angel · Panthera Leo · Zeke · Aurora · Strength Within
Notable Works
Born Free, Panthera Leo, Storm, Strength Within, Aurora
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