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Die Stellenbosse kunstenaar, Jan Hendrik Viljoen, alombekend as “Portchie” is Vrydagoggend (12 Junie) in die ouderdom van 62 oorlede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die nuus van sy afsterwe is op die gewilde kunstenaar se Facebookblad gedeel. \u201cDis met \u2018n diepe hartseer dat ons die afsterwe van ons geliefde broer, mentor en vriend deel,\u201d lui die inskywing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHy het ontelbare lewens aangeraak deur sy geloof, sy kuns, sy vriendelikheid, sy wysheid, en sy onwrikbare passie vir die lewe. Sy nalatenskap sal voortleef in die harte van almal wat hom geken het en in die skoonheid wat hy na die w\u00eareld gebring het.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die inskrywing deel ook \u2018n aanhaling van Portchie: “Fietsry is soos die lewe \u2013 hoe harder jy trap hoe meer kry jy daar uit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEES OOK: <\/strong>Portchie se werke raak digitaal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Portchie
Die plaaslike kunstenaar Jan Hendrik Viljoen, beter bekend as Portchie, was veral bekend vir sy kreatiwiteit en unieke gees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Geen verdere besonderhede oor die oorsaak van sy dood is bekend gemaak nie. \u201cOns sal hom verskriklik mis, maar sy gees, inspirasie en vreugde sal ons ewig bybly. Rus in vrede ons liewe broer en vriend, Portchie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Stellenbosch-munisipaliteit het in in \u2018n verklaring namens die burgemeester, raad en administrasie sy medelye aan Portchie se familie, vriende, kollegas en almal wie se lewens hy deur sy kuns en vriendskap betuig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPortchie was ‘n groter-as-die-lewe-figuur wie se kleurvolle, lewendige en vreugdevolle kuns sinoniem geword het met die Stellenbosch-kunsw\u00eareld en hom erkenning regoor Suid-Afrika en regoor die w\u00eareld besorg het,\u201d lui die verklaring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDeur sy kreatiwiteit, passie en unieke gees het hy tallose lewens aangeraak en ‘n onuitwisbare merk op ons gemeenskappe gelaat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Stellenbosse burgemeester, Jeremy Fasser, het bygevoeg. \u201cBenewens sy artistieke talent, was Portchie bekend vir die warmte, energie en positiwiteit wat hy aan almal rondom hom gebring het. Sy bydrae tot die kulturele struktuur van Stellenbosch en die impak wat hy op soveel mense gehad het, sal vir jare onthou word.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEES MEER:<\/strong> \u2018Portchie\u2019 beplan grootste uitstalling nog in Eikestad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eikestadnuus<\/em> het oor die jare heen verskeie kere oor Portchie en sy werk verslag gedoen. Met sy 60ste verjaardag in 2023, het hy die mylpaal gevier met die grootste kunsuitstalling in die Stellenbosch-stadsaal nog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Di\u00e9 uitstalling was getitled \u201cPortchie: Van Tweeling tot Trafalgar Square\u201d en het talle na die stadsaal gelok.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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