Cronje Fine Art

31/08/2026

Happy first day of Spring 🌸
And all it may bring ###

The Summer House 2024
(Sold)

30/08/2026

Recently sold Work ✨️🙏🥰
Feeling grateful

26/08/2026

The Baradene Artshow is on this weekend, and here are my three pieces that will be available from 28–30 August. ✨

▪️Familiar Ground
▪️ Silence
▪️ Together

It’s a fantastic mix of art, and I’m excited to be exhibiting alongside so many wonderful artists.

The catalogue is now online (link below in images). Go have a look and discover all the beautiful work on offer. 🤍

24/08/2026

Drift I & II by Santie Cronje

'Repurposed paint from my palette is layered and assembled into two small continental collage pieces.

These small works hold a memory from my three-month sailing journey many moons ago. The experience of seeing land after days at sea, when it is finally in sight but still hours away. There is something about that feeling of endless drifting, with land visible yet seemingly distant, that stayed with me.

Reusing my paint scraps has also become important. Beyond their creative possibilities, I’m conscious of the plastics contained in paint and try to find ways to keep scraps out of the waste stream, giving them another life within my work'

Find out more at Deciduus & Cronje
Terra Exhibition (on show until 28 August)
Link below in images

18/08/2026

Hideaway | Santie Cronje

Painted after a long weekend in Martinborough, this work was inspired by a late afternoon drive to Cape Palliser. A spectacular sunset over the ocean made us stop to take in the scenery.

As I walked back to the car, I noticed a little beach hut tucked away in the last light. The setting sun had transformed it into rich golden yellows. I imagined how magical it would be to wake each morning with this view and the ocean just steps away.

And then, almost perfectly placed, the full moon hung low in the sky. And in that moment, the scene felt slightly surreal, almost like something from a René Magritte painting. An ordinary place made quietly extraordinary.

Find out more at Deciduus & Cronje
Link in images.
Terra Exhibition

13/08/2026

Distance, 2026

Graphite and layered acrylic on paper, cut and mounted.

​Distance investigates the territory of the in-between space that I find myself in. The quiet geography between the country of my birth and the country where I live now, where home for me is on neither side.

By physically splitting a drawn vessel and landscape down the middle, I expose a hidden, vibrant core of paint within the fracture. The work transforms a structural break into a living seam, capturing the accumulation of memory, endurance, and the complex life that quietly grows within that separation.

Available online for the Terra exhibition
Deciduus & Cronje

12/08/2026

Shifting Light

A multi-layered reverse glass and plywood collage — or, as some might call it, an assemblage. ✨️☺️

What I appreciate about this piece is the way its intimate scale invites you to come closer. The layers, textures and small shifts in depth reveal themselves as you look more closely.
And then there’s the glass. As you move past the work, it moves with you — catching a glimpse of the space and light behind you through its openings. The reflection becomes part of the work, making it subtly different from one moment to the next.

A small work with a lot to discover.

Available online
Deciduus & Cronje
Terra Exhibition
www.deciduusgallery.nz

05/08/2026

05/08/2026

My piece 'Unfurl' featured in the Flyer for our upcoming Terra exhibition.

02/08/2026

I'm excited to be part of and host this trio show with fellow creatives, Jay Drew Photography and Linda Thornton Ceramics.

Terra is opening soon at Deciduus & Cronje.