Contemporary mixed-media originals

Power, Pressure& the art ofSurvival

Large-scale abstract works by The Dutchess, layered texture, aggressive mark-making, and reclaimed narrative. Not decorative. Confrontational, physical, and unapologetically human.

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The Dutchess (Bernelee Frick), full-length, facing camera
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The Dutchess

The Dutchess holding one of her artworks Bernelee · The Dutchess

A Johannesburg-based abstract mixed-media neo-expressionist working on large-scale canvas.

Her process combines acrylic, spray paint, newspaper collage, and intuitive layering, materials that function not as decoration, but as tools of excavation.

Newspaper fragments recur throughout the work as external narratives: public opinion, imposed value, expectation. What is imposed is absorbed, distorted, and reclaimed. The work explores survival rather than resolution, strength without softness.

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2026How Dare She 2026Confessions 2025October Diary 2025The X’s Series 2026The Transitional Purge 2026Maps of Energy 2026Standalone Originals
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