Canola Fields II – Oil on Canvas by Cornelie Wolff – SOLD

Canola Fields II – Oil on Canvas

Dimensions: 30 cm x 30 cm x 4 cm

Medium: Oil

This oil on canvas painting’s foreground is a vast expanse of golden-yellow canola fields, rendered with a textured, impasto technique that makes the canvas feel rich and alive. The artist’s use of colour and light creates a sense of depth, as if you could walk right into the field.

In the distance, a small white farmhouse with a grey roof sits on a gentle hill, its simple form providing a sense of scale and human presence in the grand landscape. A winding dirt road leads the eye toward the house, hinting at a quiet and peaceful journey. The surrounding hills are a harmonious blend of earthy greens and browns, which complement the golden fields and the soft, blue sky above.

Canola Fields II is an oil on canvas painting that would bring a sense of calm and warmth to any space.

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.