LEIGH VOIGT - Leigh Voigt was born in Johannesburg in 1943 and is the daughter of the botanical artist, Barbara Jeppe. She studied at the Johannesburg School of Art, but before deciding to devote her time to art Leigh worked for an advertising agency between 1962 and 1968. The wildlife studies executed by Leigh Voigt have great sensitivity and are remarkable for the wonderful use of colour. She is particularly well-known for her bird studies and depiction of small wild creatures. Leigh concentrates on the patterns, which identify various animals, rather than the details, which describe them - the spots in the guinea fowl, the stripes on the francolin. This empathy with the essence of the creatures, which she portrays has caused her charming works to be much in demand as book illustrations. In 1981 she illustrated a book written by Marguerite Poland called Once at Kwa Fubesill and more recently Sambane´s Dream and other Stories also by Poland. Sonoog - Die Lewe van ‘n Graatjiell by Rudolf Erasmus was also illustrated by Leigh. Her original illustrations for the article "The Rarest Birds in the World" for the International Wildlife Magazine were exhibited at the Wildlife...more