Harvey Rothschild has spent all his working life in the applied creative arts. Following a meteoric career as a fashion designer where he worked for many of the world’s leading fashion brands, established his own label and won many awards for his work, Harvey has more recently returned to his boyhood passion, fine art. He enrolled at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London where he spent a year honing his drawing and painting skills. A second year was spent at the New York Studio School where he further developed his drawing skills and began exploring contemporary landscape painting. He returned to South Africa in January 2002, captivated by the wide open spaces, the earthiness of the people, the warmth of the colours, the sensuality and variety of the textures, and the intoxicating smells that are unique to the southern tip of Africa. Since then he has been painting full-time from the purpose built studio attached to his home in Western Cape.
