Wehrner Lemmer is a Pretoria born artist who spent most of
his adult life in the Eastern Cape. He has exhibited in various galleries
around the country. The Absa Gallery in Pretoria, Dorp Street in Stellenbosch
as well as the Johans Borman gallery in Cape Town to name just a few. He has
several works on exhibition at present, and is included in this year’ selection
of the Fine Art and Sculptures on the Cliffs (Hermanus). Other works are
currently in the FOMO Gallery (Pringle Bay), Riebeeck Kasteel Contemporary and
the well-loved Prince Albert Art Gallery in the Karoo.
Wehrner has been sculptor for the better part of three
decades forever returning to nature as his biggest inspiration. His earlier
works focused almost exclusively on wood and specifically South African
Hardwood species. Over the years he also explored working with steel, stainless
steel and found objects. The last few years saw him work with more abstract
forms, brightly painted steel panels and tubular shapes, immersing himself
fully into the colourful world of his present expressions as an artist.
