South African born, and living in New Zealand, Dennis is a self-taught artist. Born in 1933 and drawing and painting since 1944/1946, he has a lifetime of art behind him. Dennis began teaching art in 1985 and when he retired from engineering beginning of 1994 he went full-time as a professional artist and art teacher. He and his son Nolan pioneered the first fine art teaching franchise in the world, with 5 franchises in South Africa - 250 weekly student in total. They both emigrated to New Zealand, Nolan in 2008 and Dennis in 2009. He opened up an teaching...more
