Info: Bert van Wyk was born on the 12th of May 1958 in Florida. Even at an early age it was apparent that the youngster had art in his soul, so much so that his father wanted to send him to art school. Like many young men of the time, Berts’ dreams of becoming an artist had to wait. After matriculating from Florida High school, Bert went on to serve his time in the army, and then took up a career with Spoornet for the next 25 years. 12 Years ago he could no longer contain his artistic streak and took up art lessons with well known artist Pieter Millard. Only four years after this Bert van Wyk started painting professionally full time. He started with the usual, flowers and landscapes, but it was only after spending an intensive three hours with his mentor, the great Adriaan Boshoff, learning, getting tips and advice, that his work truly came to fruition. From that moment on he ate, slept and thought only art, and the wonderful impressionist style of Adriaan. He has become quite a prolific worker, working on between 5 to7 paintings at once, and the themes of his paintings are usually from photographs of family and friends, in the preferred medium of oil. Bert and his wife Magda live in Ruimsig in Roodepoort and are parents of two children, and grandparents of one.