{"id":2645,"date":"2025-11-10T17:52:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/?page_id=2645"},"modified":"2025-11-14T14:55:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:55:50","slug":"25-oni-speelman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/25-oni-speelman\/","title":{"rendered":"25 ONI SPEELMAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2645\" data-postid=\"2645\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2645 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div   data-css_id=\"tb_yqpd619\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row fullcover fullwidth_row_container tb_yqpd619 tb_first clearfix\">\n\t    <div class=\"tf_abs builder_row_cover\"><\/div>\t    <div class=\"tf_hide row-slider tb_slider\" data-bgmode=\"fullcover\" data-sliderspeed=\"2000\">\n\t        <ul class=\"tf_abs row-slider-slides clearfix\">\n\t\t    \t\t\t<li data-bg=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/oni_header1.jpg\" class=\"normal\">\n\t\t\t    <a class=\"row-slider-dot\" data-index=\"0\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-bg=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/oni_header2.jpg\" class=\"normal\">\n\t\t\t    <a class=\"row-slider-dot\" data-index=\"1\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-bg=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/oni_header3.jpg\" class=\"normal\">\n\t\t\t    <a class=\"row-slider-dot\" data-index=\"2\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n\t        <div class=\"row-slider-nav\">\n\t    \t<a class=\"tf_abs row-slider-arrow row-slider-prev\">&lsaquo;<\/a>\n\t    \t<a class=\"tf_abs row-slider-arrow row-slider-next\">&rsaquo;<\/a>\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/.row-bgs -->\n\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tf_abs tf_hide tb_row_frame tb_row_frame_bottom in_front\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tf_box tf_w tf_rel\"   data-basecol=\"2\" data-col_tablet=\"column4-2\" data-col_tablet_landscape=\"column4-2\" data-col_mobile=\"column-full\">\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 first tb_8sxp620 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t        <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_aicy620 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h1 class=\"fancy-heading tf_textc\">\n    <span  class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n\tBetween Us    <\/span>\n    <span class=\"sub-head tf_block tf_rel\">\n\tOni Speelman    <\/span>\n\n    <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 last tb_9lfg621 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div   data-css_id=\"tb_sziu734\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row tb_sziu734 clearfix\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-none tf_box tf_w tf_rel\" >\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col2-1 first tb_66vf735 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_jin4735 drop-shadow circle  image-center tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/oni-400x400.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2660\" title=\"oni\" alt=\"oni\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/oni-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/oni-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col2-1 last tb_jj5b735 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_i8ez735   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h4><b>Between Us<\/b><\/h4>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_svi9736  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p>by Oni Speelman<\/p>\n<p><i>Between Us<\/i> is about love, the kind that exists between two women who love each other in all its softness and complexity. Through my paintings, I explore how the lesbian gaze\u00b4s love can transform the way we see ourselves and each other. My works look at moments that are often hidden or dismissed publicly, showing how beauty can exist in what the world sometimes calls flawed.<\/p>\n<p>I want viewers to feel the tenderness that lives in these scenes, the quiet confidence of being seen and understood without explanation. My paintings show how much care and attention are applied, revealing the intimacy and joy found in queer connection.<\/p>\n<p>But I also want the audience to wonder: who is looking, and who is being looked at? 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Through my paintings, I explore how the lesbian gaze\u00b4s love can transform the way we see ourselves and each other. My works look at moments that are often hidden or dismissed publicly, showing how beauty can exist in what the world sometimes calls flawed.<\/p> <p>I want viewers to feel the tenderness that lives in these scenes, the quiet confidence of being seen and understood without explanation. My paintings show how much care and attention are applied, revealing the intimacy and joy found in queer connection.<\/p> <p>But I also want the audience to wonder: who is looking, and who is being looked at? 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