Address: 1304 Prospect Street, Hatfield, Pretoria 0084   South Africa     Tel: + 27 (0) 12 362 6698   Mobile: 083 454 1797     E-Mail: bmg@lantic.net

Eric Bolsmann is a painter who uses oil as a medium. He has held numerous solo exhibitions and loves painting scenes of buildings and Pretoria's streets lined with jacarandas in full bloom.
Eric's earlier works have been likened to this of the American Edward Hopper. Yet compositional correctness, and intriguing and mysteriously hopeful emotional echoes, particularly in those that have appeared in his book Pretoria - Artists' Impressions 1857 - 2001, distinguishes many of Eric's cityscapes.
Eric feels that it is all too easy to compare the work of one artist to that of another. "Critics love to cite names and draw comparisons, but this, he believes, serves little purpose. Indeed it often confuses. The identification of a living artist with that of one from the past, who may be widely known, can appear impressive, but such comparisons should be avoided", he maintains.
Eric expresses his subject matter in a highly individualistic way. He is sensitive towards the real and accurate representation of whatever he chooses to paint. In order to portray the subject matter accurately, he finds the use of photographs as reference material helpful. Yet, while photographs can be excellent aids to memory in the studio, Eric's work does not fall in the category of photo-realism.
Eric's visual language with a vocabulary that is largely of our time has been described as a "new realism", implying that his exquisite sense of composition and perspective on his environment is innovative as well as representative.

As a writer Eric is known for his thoroughly researched books on various topics, including art and history.