Nicky Liebenberg

"Graphic media of drawing & printmaking are the primary methods used as my process, sometimes incorporating mixed media such as collage & chine-collé. There is a strong emphasis on drawing/ mark-making as an expressive medium. Art- making is a way to deal with life’s issues, a means of processing and making sense of things. A cathartic practice. The relationship between the (natural/seen) and metaphysical (spiritual/unseen) recur thematically throughout the work. In a broader sense, the relationship/ connection between spouses (marriage) and the human/ Divine or God-connection. It is an exploration of the interplay between these and what happens in ‘the space between’. My art-making process is a visualization of the internal; external, the micro; macro. It is simultaneously personal and ethereal. This duality is a recurring theme throughout the work depicted in differing colour, layers, and/or twin, mirroring images."