Betsie Lombard

Betsie was born in Swaziland and raised in Swaziland and South Africa. She has loved making things since forming her first rudimentary coil pots as a young child. Her life has taken many twists and turns since then and after an intense professional career, she has returned to art full time. This has taken the form of painting, sculpting, ceramics, soft stone carving, mixed media and glass art. She is eternally curious and passionate about human and animal forms, nature and colour. Betsie has called New Zealand home for more than 10 years and find my adoptive country inspirational.