An Artist’s Journey
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Many days later, when my sister and I had collected ourselves, we wandered out to greet the African people in the town. The one thing that would prove to us that we were in Africa were the sweet-spoken natives. They were kind and very helpful through all my years there. Strangely, we would later find that the change in seasons did not occur—that was something to adjust to, which I never did.
E.M. Brotzman
It has been an incredible journey through my Art and life and I wanted to share this story. As the narrative unfolds my intense emotion to write became more apparent. I was born in 1941 at Bushy Stanmore, Middx, UK. I worked as a typist in an Import & Export Firm in London and my name was Griffiths. I subsequently married several times. Unfulfilled as a typist I joined the RAMC and served for 2yrs. On leaving I went to S.Africa with my sister Betty and she carried on Nursing and I went forward as a Secretary in the Johannesburg Hospital and worked for six years, happy there but still not satisfied. After my husband passed away I brought my children back to England, and pursued my interest of Art beginning at the local North Hertfordshire College. As a mature student they offered pupils a part time Art course over several years as Bachelor of Technology in Art & Design which I took in June 1994. Business & Technology Education Council No.17711A:J906718 000006584 Certificate. Education : Cormont Secondary School Dictaphone typist/Secretary BTec Diploma Foundation Studies, National level, Fine Art, Art & Design, North Hertfordshire College Ceramicist. At present 2019 Artist in Residence Milton Keynes. Human Space is surrounded by different atmospheres through form, light and texture the body in collaboration within our space. Drawing and painting forms in our natural space is infinite. The awareness of our design within the universe compelled me to look at Earth clays and the dynamic wholeness of our molecular structure of our building blocks. It was then that my art began to involve Earth, water, air and fire.
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An Artist’s Journey - E.M. Brotzman
PROLOGUE
My life flew before me as my eyes shut tight for the night of sleep, and the best times came suddenly close-up and opened out as the story unfolded. I had to write it down, so on went the light, my diary became a notebook, and I wrote until my eyes would not focus anymore.
From the moment, my feet hit the pedals of the car I was excited at the prospect of going to finally draw and paint.
With my daughter by my side we sped off to the College not ten minutes away to begin our journey together in the Art we so longed to do expertly.
We were welcomed into the College and found our places in front of our easels. Putting our paper on the boards provided and our model Eric standing in the centre of the room naked, all ready to begin our first lesson, excitement turned to panic as my pencil scratched the paper.
But, all was well and with great jubilation we worked until our fingers felt stiff, oh for a break, just then our Tutor having explained the technicalities of measuring decided we had worked hard enough and we broke for lunch.
AN ARTIST’S JOURNEY
By
E. M. BROTZMAN
B. Tec National
I emigrated to Johannesburg in South Africa from London when I was twenty-one years old. The air was sultry and the smell of Africa hit my nostrils with a twang, I was not expecting it to be so soon, the sights and sounds of Africa have influenced my life and art since then. A great love of the African Savanah lay in my bosom from that moment.
Many days later when my sister and I had collected ourselves we wandered out to greet the African people in the town. The one thing that would prove to us that we were in Africa was the sweetly spoken natives. They were kind and very helpful through all my years there. Strangely, later we would find that the change in seasons did not occur, that was something to adjust to, which I never did.
My Sister moved on to another part of Africa where she was so desperately needed and I stayed in the same place. I met my husband at the Hotel I was staying in and we married. He was a South African Englishman. Sadly, he passed away ten years later, but the years were colourful.
Seventeen years later, in l985, I returned to England with my two children 11