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  • From the Artists Easel

    in case you havent heard:

    PLEASE GO TO MY NEW WEBSITE

    www.BeaP.co.za

     

    Website discontinued Sept 2024 - GO TO www.BeaP.co.za

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    Art by BeaP

    BREAKING THE WHITE

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    Movement

    Paint moves me.

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    Watching

    I am often working through a magnifying glass with a paint brush measuring a 20th of a millimeter point.

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    Wandering

    I love to work in very fine miniature detail.

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    The Clearing

    Blessed with a dream one night, this forest has played it's part on my palette many times.

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    On National Television

    In 2020, De Kat interviewed artists all over South Africa, who had painted scenes remembering the great Knysna fires. BeaP was featured on their show, for her input.

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    BeaP is TeaM

    BeaP would not be complete without mentioning the support of my wonderful husband Jim.

    We are TeaM BeaP.

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    Community building

    Working with the local community in creating workshops.

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    Bev Preston

    Breaking the White

    one brush-stroke at a time.

  • The Blog

    Thoughts, musings, and ruminations.

    It's late, and my art studio looks like a bomb's hit it. It's a downright mess, and I have withdrawals from painting. Having spent 2 and a half weeks building my new www.BeaP.co.za website in Shopify, adding apps, making corrections, ticking boxes, connecting service providers, researching...
    August 23, 2024
    Coastal Currents Open Studio in September 2024 has had us change our home into an art gallery. We are delighted to enjoy walk in visits on the 1st 2 weekends, and we'll keep it rolling for the rest of the year.  
    September 5, 2023
    Coastal currents started on Saturday with visitors from near and far popping in to 233 Mount Pleasant Rd Hastings, where us Three Artists have put up our precious works for public scrutiny, in the hope that someone falls in love with a work of the Heart. My 1st sale: the Enchanted Forest dubbed...
  • Contact Art by BeaP

    My website has changed, but my contact details haven't - PLEASE GO TO www.BeaP.co.za

    Flat 2, 26 Tower Road West
    St Leonards on Sea
    TN380RG
    Book a lesson - call or WhatsApp BeaP
    +447599005235
  • About BeaP

    Bev Preston became “BeaP” when Jim saw her initials - Beverley-Anne Esther Adam Preston – and as he jokingly called her BeaP, a passing car BeaPed twice. The name stuck, and from then on, she signed her art by BeaP, making the name of her work: “Art by BeaP.” In 2016, Jim (from the UK) was on holiday in South Africa when they met, and married 2 weeks later.

     

    In 2017, her wildlife series - Africa Dry – was displayed at the Rand Show in Johannesburg, where the phrase “Breaking the White” was coined; Jim and Bev travelled South Africa, selling over 60 original works that year at National shows like Aardklop (Art-heart-throb), the Cherry Festival, Bloem Show, Innibos; and other local art shows. They moved to the Garden Route - South Africa – in 2019, where Bev painted full time for 3 years, creating artworks and doing commissions for clients all over the world. Art by BeaP found it’s way into homes in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Europe, Africa, Sweden, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Netherlands, and is still expanding BeaP's horisons.

     

    Bev has loved painting from a very young age, selling her first drawing at age 9, doing commissions and portraits became a part of her life. Between nursing and secretarial roles over the years, she had many art tutors, attended workshops, and kept painting selling her art works.

     

    In 2007 Bev studied Teaching at the University of South Africa, with Art in mind, and graduated in 2014 majoring in Art, English, Maths, and Music. Working while studying, she moved to Klerksdorp in 2013, where she tutored privately and from home, and taught Visual Arts at Curro High School while she painted at every opportunity.

     

    Jim and Bev stayed in South Africa for 6 years, and recently moved back to the UK, where she now paints full time from the Great Brittans south coast in St Leonard's-on-Sea, as her vibrant works keep travelling the world.

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