About Me – Owner of U R U Studio

As the founder and owner of U R U Studio, it is a space where I can express my imagination and welcome those to share in this journey. Get to know a little more about me and my creative adventures to date.

Do What You Love

Hi I’m Candice Vermaak

A little about me. I was born in South Africa and immigrated to Australia in my 30’s. I have been drawing and painting from a young age and developed my skill painting landscapes using oil paints.

I am a qualified engineer, though, my heart has always led me back to exploring different creative outlets; photography, caricatures, digital illustrations. Oil painting and landscapes are my comfort, however, exploring mixed media and various compositions has been an exciting journey to date.

I look forward to showing you some of my art works as they come to life. This is usually posted on my private Instagram account, go check it out: Candice Instagram

About me and my art progression. Posing here with a work in progress portrait art piece of my grandmother.

Paintings

Painting from a young age and under the guidance of South African artist, Ockert Vermeulen, I developed my colour palette and brush stroke techniques.

Leaning on the edge of fine art and impressionistic type landscapes, my avid interest in psychology has directed me later in life towards expressionism type work. Though, I can always find solace in my landscapes too.

Playing with mixed media and developing different techniques, can be viewed in my more recent work and ultimately expresses my feelings on various subjects.

Creative Portrait Photography

Inspired by the human form, silhouettes and the psychology of what photographs can portray, I started delving into photography.

My passion lies in the stylized and creative portraiture space. I love form and shadows and enjoy the playful spontaneous results of light painting photography.

Caricatures & Illustrations

Bringing back nostalgic memories as a young girl, I enjoyed creating caricature images from stencils. Stumbling upon this again as an adult, I now create digital caricatures for enjoyment. I take part every January in a caricature challenge just to get my juices flowing for the year. Checkout some of my works on my personal Instagram account Candice Instagram. 

Should you ever want some custom caricatures drawn up, I am always keen, email me with your request and I will get back to you with some options and quote accordingly. Usually these start around $25 per piece (one person).

As an extension of my digital art. I enjoy illustrating various things. Ever so often, inspiration comes from different sources whereby my illustrations spring to life. One of my ongoing projects towards this is my children’s book Adventures of Blue.

Adventure of Blue Books

This little whimsical character Blue was created one day while walking through Sydney on a chilly day and buying a Burberry coat for the first time. Originally inspired as BrrBerry, a blueberry wearing Burberry, Blues character soon evolved.

Wanting to showcase the uniqueness of the world and open the minds of young children to explore new things.

Adventures of Blue is a series of books, with new ones being added with anticipation in the near future. Current titles for “Adventures of Blue” include: Click on each title below to buy a copy.