John Meyer (South African, Born 1942) Fields Of Promise
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- Fields of Promise depicts the Compassberg, the highest peak in the mountainous region of the Karoo
- The painting captures the stark beauty of South Africa's vast arid plains
- The farm located in the foothills is entirely dwarfed by the surrounding landscape, its inhabitants face these solitary and harsh conditions with quiet stoicism
- John Meyer encapsulates and communicates the South African scenery like no other and his landscape paintings are rendered with a painstaking skill and technique that ensure a superb fidelity to this sun-scorched land
- John Meyer is also a successful portraitist, receiving commissions to capture the likenesses of individuals such as the Nobel Peace Prize winners Nelson Mandela and F.W de Klerk
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