Grant Mills

A condensed (and all too brief) one year fine arts course in 2012 introduced Grant to the joys of oil painting, but the rigours of entrepreneurship kept him from exploring it further, until a semigration to Cape Town in 2023 created an opening to truly dive deep into his artistic endeavours. In February 2024, Grant joined the Alexander Art Academy and kicked off a storm of creative activity and experimentation creating 20+ finished works ranging from animal portraits and landscapes to finally settling on his first love, contemporary figurative portraiture. His latest series of works, BoKaap Caszh (an abbreviation of the word ‘casual’) featuring a contemporary exploration of BoKaap inspired portraits were exhibited at the Groot Constantia wine farm exhibit in collaboration with the Alexander Art Academy from 1-28th February 2025. Bo-Kaap Caszh IV, was recently selected as one of forty artworks to be exhibited at the Art.b Gallery for the Vuleka 2025 art competition.