Born to paint... meet talented artist Marle' Joubert

She’s a natural and whether you believe it or not, she might be the next Leonardo da Vinci, a female version of course.

Her name is Marlé Joubert who was born and bred in Johannesburg, South Africa but currently residing in the kingdom at Ezulwini. She is one of the artists whose work is currently being showcased at the Xerox Swaziland Art Exhibition at Café Lingo.

It’s easy to fall in love with her work the first time you see it, it’s very attractive.

She does portraits of beautiful people, the likes of Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Rihanna and some of her friends. But beyond that, it is her unique skill with the brush, colours and canvas that is intriguing.

Since she was a child, the 33-year-old loved drawing portraits of people.

She would practise drawing during her spare time and when she felt she wanted to express herself especially when she was feeling down or very excited. Eventually she started doing fine art portraits of people, and then elaborated to different styles like Impressionism, Realism and Abstract.

"I get inspired by what I see around me. If I see something that I like I will end up painting it. It could be something from a magazine, a movie and so on. But I really enjoy doing portraits of people and I’ve done quite a lot of them. I mostly paint women because it becomes a beautiful painting," says Marlé.

Marlé has been consistently doing this for three years; it’s her passion that seems to be growing each time and God knows what she’s really capable of.

Her inspiration also comes from the great artists of old like William Bouguereau and of course Leonardo da Vinci. The talent itself is something she mostly inherited from her mother even though her father is also artistic.

"I think I’ve done 150 paintings since I started three years ago. I’ve given some of them to friends and some have been bought from me. It takes me a maximum of two weeks to do a large and detailed painting and a minimum of one day for a simple painting," she explains.

Like a true artist, her mood plays a huge role in determining the end result of her work.

It’s not uncommon for her to start something but leave it unfinished for a long time. She just has to be in the right frame of mind to do it in the way it was meant to be.

Marlé does her best work when she’s alone. Sometimes she paints from her imagination and uses elements from there to complete an idea.

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