Angel Wings – Oil on Canvas by Cornelie Wolff

Angel Wings – Oil on Canvas

Dimensions: 36 cm x 46 cm x 4 cm 

Medium: Oil

A realm of mythic intensity, an abstract oil on canvas creation that explodes with colour, texture, and mystical symbolism. This artwork moves completely beyond literal representation, inviting the viewer into a complex, layered atmosphere.

Adding to its complexity, the surface is punctuated by stencilled hexagonal patterns—a subtle, repeating geometry that contrasts sharply with the wild, expressive freedom of the painted strokes. This juxtaposition of the ordered and the chaotic lends the artwork a narrative tension, evoking themes of divine structure and raw, elemental power.

‘Angel Wings’ oil on canvas is a highly expressive, dramatic, and captivating artwork. It’s a perfect acquisition for collectors seeking a unique piece that fuses abstract expressionism with symbolic, textural depth.

Oil on Canvas

Cornelie Wolff Approaching Art from a Different Angle

This Johannesburg-based artist started as a pharmacist.  After completing her Honours Degree in Psychology, she joined Helios to further her skills in Art Therapy.   During this time, she fell in love with art, the process and the emotional power it yields.

While raising her family, which consisted of three young children, she took part-time classes with Rika de Klerk and Willie Jacobs.  She also attended workshops led by Koos Bronkhorst, Niel Moss, Willie Jacobs, Rentia Coetzee, Ruth Walters, Elize Bezuidenhout, Douw van Heerden, Charla Maarschalk, and Jennifer McChristian.

Today, she practices what she preaches by creating her work under the motto: “With every painting I complete, I grow as a person and an artist.”

My art is created from a place of wonder – it is my dream for every human to never completely lose the child inside them, because it is our ability to see wonder and magic in things.  I use bold brushstrokes, contrast and an impressionistic approach to entice the viewer to create their own interpretation of the subject and become part of my world.