Three women

A 1994 Watercolor, ink and sand on Paper work titled, Three Women by the South African artist, Peter Sibeko (1940-2013). Sibeko was born in Orlando East near Johannesburg in 1940. Although he was largely a self-taught artist, he acquired his love for art from his father, Walter Sibeko. His genres were mostly inspired by personages and work of fellow township artists and their depiction of people in township scenes. Sibeko is considered a postwar and contemporary South African artist. The broad term "township art" covered artists’ work that depicted everyday scenes in the shanties and streets of the township. People about their daily chores, cleaning, cooking and just chatting were captured on Board and Paper in crayon, charcoal and pastel. Sibeko developed a talent for depicting people by outline - often on a background of sand, adhered to the Paper or Board matrix. He adapted acrylic or oil painting to this technique to give an earthy texture to his works. Sibeko founded the the Soweto Art Gallery and was a founder member of FUBA or the Federated Union of Black Artists. His works are curated at galleries and institutions across South Africa and he exhibited in England, U.S.A (Washington and New York), Australia and Mauritius.