Notes

Although Erik Laubscher resided in Cape Town, he frequently travelled around the Western Cape and was particularly attracted to the Overberg. “Had I not had such an opportunity to study these regions in all their various seasons, times of day, I would never have acquired the knowledge and understanding I now enjoy of the landscape. Not only its characteristics, but its spatial and monumental qualities and its diversity of elements both contrasting and harmonious.”¹ This agricultural area is filled with farms stretching across the landscape, from the mountains to the distant sea, with furrows of the ploughed fields and crop stacks forming patterns, the colours changing with the seasons.

¹ Erik Laubscher quoted in (no date) Erik Laubscher, online, https://www.eriklaubscher.com/, accessed 9 March 2025.