Brief Bio

Roy Cloete is a South Carolina-based painter whose work celebrates the quiet wonder in everyday moments and places, and the deeper creative spark placed in all of us. Originally from South Africa, Roy has painted since childhood, developing a painterly, impressionistic style that captures beauty that is to be found when we take a moment to see it.

Although he pursued a long and accomplished career in education and curriculum design, art has always remained a thread in his life. Roy believes that we all carry a God-given creative seed, a gift and ability to infuse every day, regardless of our activities, with potential to make the daily grind interesting and to periodically spark something uniquely exciting and new. After relocating to the United States with his family, he chose to follow his lifelong desire to become a full-time artist.

Entirely self-taught, his work is driven by a desire to glorify God and stir the creative potential within others. Whether painting in oils, acrylics or watercolors, his intention is to create art that speaks something meaningful to those who experience it. With a growing body of work and early sales in the USA, he is building a career not only as a painter but as a creative guide, with plans to offer courses and workshops that encourage others to reconnect with their own God-given creativity while deepening relationships with the Creator and people in their lives.

This site serves as a home for his evolving art journey — a space to share, connect, and perhaps even send a painting your way. To read more about Roy, including some of his other projects, take a look at his "My Story" page.