Motswari's owner, Marion Geiger-Orengo, is a passionate and experienced award-winning artist. Over the years, Marion lectured at Cape Technikon in Cape Town and in the USA at the Chicago Academy for Arts as well as hosting art workshops in Germany.
Today Marion works from her two studios, either in Cape Town or at Motswari. Being out and immersed in nature is one of her favourite ways to connect artistically and Marion spends much of her time sketching her encounters with wildlife – these are then translated back onto canvas in her bush studio in an interpreted, expressive way. Marion calls these “painting conversations with nature”.
Of her style, Marion says: “I paint feverishly – without stopping or stepping back from the canvas until I have covered at least half of the surface with paint. “I try to create a strong emotional moment, sometimes intimate and private, at other times evocative and powerful.
Marion also believes art can transcend all boundaries of the globe and is a powerful, universal language, hence Rhino Disharmony was created, an ongoing campaign using artistic ambassadors to create awareness about the awful, illegal wild-animal trade, like rhino horn. All artistic ambassadors play an important role and Marion collaborates with artists, photographers, musicians, filmmakers and more, and welcomes any future creatives interested in joining this cause here at the lodge.
A collection of her works can be found throughout Motswari's main camp and at Geiger's Camp.
