Art Defines Me

“Art gives me a purpose outside of being a mother, homemaker and wife. Art is a lifelong lesson and journey of self-discovery.” – Bronwyn Chelius

Bronwyn Chelius was born in Benoni, a dusty little town east of Johannesburg in July 1972. As a young child, Bronwyn’s lullabies were the soothing creative noises of her dad banging, sanding and spraying his art work while singing along to the hit albums of David Bowie’s ‘Diamond Dogs’ and Pink Floyd’s ‘We Don’t Need No Education’, among an array of other deafening tunes that wafted out of his art studio.

When she was 11, Bronwyn’s family left Benoni and headed to the beautiful Eastern Transvaal, now known as Mpumalanga. Her dad had found an old run