About the Artist

Anneke Jooste is a Cape Town-based South African artist whose work draws from real life experiences — love, joy, heartbreak, and everything in between.

Her artistic roots run deep. Before turning to canvas, Anneke spent years as a tattoo artist — a discipline that sharpened her eye for line, composition, and working with intention on surfaces that don't forgive hesitation. That background still shows in her painting: confident mark-making, bold use of contrast, and a willingness to commit to every stroke.

Today, Anneke works primarily in acrylics and mixed media, building layers of colour and texture that give each piece a physical presence beyond the image itself. Her subjects range from expressive portraits and figurative studies to the landscapes of the Western Cape — Table Mountain at sunset, the light on the winelands, the raw energy of the coastline. Some pieces lean into pop and comic-inspired aesthetics, while others explore sculptural texture through 3D impasto techniques.

Each piece is an original — created with passion, patience, and an honest connection to the moments and emotions that inspire it. Anneke works from her studio in Brackenfell, where she also runs As Above So Below, a tattoo studio she founded.

Whether working in oils, acrylics, or mixed media, Anneke brings a distinctive warmth and energy to every canvas. Truthfully, she'd keep every one of them — but she trusts that the right artwork will find its way to the right person.