Mandy Lake | Fish Hoek – Cape Town

Mandy Lake is a Cape Town-based artist whose painting practice captures the shifting, translucent character of the ocean.

She holds a degree in History and Art History from the University of Cape Town and received formal training at the Foundation School of Art. After a successful career in design and illustration, Mandy turned her focus to oil painting.

Her current work explores the complex abstraction of water surfaces. Through close observation, she translates the interplay of light, currents and iridescent movement into fluid forms. By focusing on these surface details, her paintings invite viewers into an immersive experience of the ocean’s depth, rhythm and energy.

Mandy has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions, including Solstice Earth Song II at The Cape Gallery, Reimagine: World Ocean Day at Studio50, Quiet Wilderness and Held by the Sea at Noordhoek Art Point, and Abstract – Synchrony Revealed at the Jan Rupert Art Centre. Her solo exhibitions include Sheer Water and Immersion at The Cape Gallery.

Medium: Oil painting
Instagram: @mandylake_artist
Website: www.mandylake.com
Studio Address: Mothership Studios, 16 Dunster Avenue, Fish Hoek