Santie Cronje
A painter and storyteller, a migrant and a traveller.
New Zealand has been my home since 1999, but South Africa is where my story began.
Living across hemispheres and moving between places has shaped how I see and make art.
I paint memory, place, belonging and the things we carry with us. Sometimes the story is recognisable; sometimes it's reduced to colour, structure, fragments and feeling.
After years of building community as director and curator of Deciduus Gallery, I'm back in the studio with a renewed sense of freedom. The places I've lived and the houses I've called home are all material, and there's plenty left to tell.
Available from my Studio
A quick glance at works currently available from my Studio. I am currently working on a new collection for release mid November.














