Born in Uganda and shaped by a nomadic life across Africa, America, and Europe, my work explores the rawness of human experience—beyond culture, ego, or form. With a background in painting and social work, I now work across sculpture and oil painting, seeking presence through fragility, silence, and touch.

Renzo Brandsma

Figurative Artist

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Fractured Figure
Fractured Figure

The sculpture cracked in the fire. Two fragments held their shape. What’s left tells its own story.

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Emrys | Bisque Porcelain
Emrys | Bisque Porcelain

Made through failure, pushed past its limits. A sculpture shaped by trial, and by what held through it.

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Final Commission
Final Commission

My final painting commission. A sibling portrait—and a quiet end to a long chapter.

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The Space Between
The Space Between

Two final portraits—one of my husband, one of myself. A quiet attempt to paint the moment before thought.

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Latest Sculpture

Title: Fan Form

Material: Etruscan Red Stoneware, Smoke Fired

Process: Hand-built over discarded electric fan form; high fired, then smoke fired in a traditional Cypriot Kleftiko oven

Concept: Exploring overlooked forms and the aesthetics of obsolescence—this series reclaims thrown-away objects as sculptural templates, elevating functional shapes into poetic presences.

Year: 2025