... ek het nog altyd baie van jou gehou.

 

Oranje, Blanje, Blou ek het nog altyd... - Pieter Lategan 30 November 2025 9:07 AM Pretoria South Africa

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Not knowing where Chinese Girl 1.0 will take me — how the idea began...

 

Artist: Pieter Lategan Title: Chinese Girl 1.0 (Pieter’s Replica of Vladimir Tretchikoff's Kitch and call it Pieter’s Trash.) - 2018

— Pieter Lategan, Pretoria, 19 November 2025

I’ll tell this simply — the way it happened to me.

I had just moved back from Johannesburg to my apartment in Pretoria. It was a very hot day — those Pretoria summers that make everything slow and sticky. I was looking for ideas. I sat with a coffee, flicking through pictures and books, trying to find something that would start a new painting. Then I saw Vladimir Tretchikoff’s Chinese Girl (often called “The Green Lady”), and I laughed out loud.

I laughed because I thought: how can one painting — done by a Russian-born artist who later lived in South Africa in the 1950s — become so famous? How could a face painted in a strange blue-green tone hang in so many homes and be printed so widely? That curiosity was the spark. Tretchikoff’s Chinese Girl is usually dated to 1952–53, and its mass-produced prints were among the best-selling art prints of the twentieth century¹.

At first I worried: people will call this kitsch. They’ll say I’m copying trash. But then I thought: attention is not a bad thing — maybe people will look, and then learn something, and maybe they’ll ask questions. I didn’t know which audience I would speak to, or where that attention would take me. I only knew I wanted to try.

I started to study Tretchikoff slowly. I chose to work from the art of someone who is dead — not because I wanted to disrespect him, but because it felt freer. When the artist is alive, you never know if they’ll like what you do with their work; that can make things awkward. With a deceased artist I felt I could explore more boldly. Tretchikoff was famous in his day and was often described as enormously wealthy for a painter — once even described as the richest artist in the world after Picasso by some commentators².

My mother was a journalist and she loved writing. I got that love from her — for telling stories, for putting feelings into words. This blog is part of that: a place where I put down how I feel about my work — as an artist, a fashion designer, and a small businessman trying to keep going in hard times. I don’t know where the blog will go. I only know it helps me understand what I’m doing and who I am trying to speak to.

Painting, Memory, and Inspiration

It was memories like these, and a lifetime in Pretoria, that later drew me to Tretchikoff’s work. The Chinese Girl became more than a painting; it became a doorway into thinking about history, culture, and memory. My first attempt at the painting, oil on canvas, roughly 54 × 60 cm, I called Pieter’s Replica of Vladimir Tretchikoff’s Kitch, or Pieter’s Trash. I painted it in 2018, and wrote about it later click here to go to my page on my blog https://pieterlateganart.blogspot.com/2019/.

Photo taken by Pieter Lategan 20.11.2025 (Selfie)

Here is what I wrote then:

“Tonight I studied low culture, or you can even call it trash art. It is plain trash. It doesn’t fit into mainstream art… I feel it is funny, and I remember I sat late at night just looking at Vladimir Tretchikoff’s paintings. I must say I like it. Actually, I think it is very good. It is South African; it is ours. We own it… She is currently living in my house or apartment. And every day I start seeing meaning in it. But not a deep meaning. I think people need to trash sometimes. People get tired of all the real and mainstream stuff.”

That night in February 2018, the painting was just a canvas. Now, writing this on 19 November 2025, I see how history, memory, and art can merge — from my childhood fears in Silverton, to a Russian-born painter in South Africa in 1953, to how I express myself today as an artist, fashion designer, and citizen of Pretoria.

Photo Google Maps: Silverton Primary School, Pretoria, South Africa June 2017 

Childhood, Fear, and the Silverton Siege

Some memories of Pretoria shaped me as much as any painting. I was on the 24th January 1980 a day before the Siege, in my classroom at Silverton Primary School, when I experienced something terrifying. Around 12:00–1:15 PM, my teacher told us to lie down on the floor. I was confused, worried, and didn’t fully understand what was happening.

Through the fear, I thought about Landman, a girl in my class, whose mother worked as a teller at the Volkskas Bank across the street. At first, I imagined a robbery. Later, as we were moved to the school sports ground, I realised the truth: there were people inside the bank — armed cadres — and this was not just a robbery.

We walked in rows, hundreds of pupils — around 800 of us — along Jasmyn Avenue, carefully moving away from the school grounds. At the corner near the bottom of the school grounds, I saw the bank building and many police cars. Sirens wailed, and the tension was heavy.

That evening, from my home on Isaac Stegeman Street, near the NG Church in Blom Street, I could still hear the sounds of the siege. Around 7:05 PM, there were hard, sharp gunshots from Pretoria Road, where the Volkskas Bank was. The sirens, the noise, and the chaos left me shaken. I went to bed around 8:30 PM, scared and upset, feeling a fear I had never known before — the first time I experienced murder and violence, and a sense that something terribly wrong had happened.

What I didn’t understand then, but know now, is that this was the Silverton Siege, a six-hour hostage situation that became a defining moment in Pretoria’s history. On that day, three MK cadres — Stephen Mafoko, Humphrey Makhubo, and Wilfred Madela — took 25 civilians hostage inside the bank, making demands including the release of Nelson Mandela, cash, and a plane to Maputo³. Negotiations with the police continued for hours until all three cadres were killed, and tragically, two hostages also lost their lives, with many more injured³.

For a nine-year-old, the event was terrifying and incomprehensible. Seeing the police cars, hearing sirens and gunfire, walking in lines with hundreds of classmates — it was the first real encounter I had with the fragility of life, and the sense that the world could be unfair and violent. That night, lying in bed, the weight of fear and the memory of death stayed with me.

The following day, South Africans woke up to shocking and heartbreaking images printed in the newspapers. The media published graphic photos of the blood-soaked banking hall, showing the chaos and the lives lost during the attack.

One of the most unforgettable pictures was of Mrs. Landman, the mother of one of the victims, sitting upright with steel fragments still lodged in her arm, showing exactly where she had been shot. This photograph became one of the most powerful and painful reminders of what had happened inside the bank that day.

Following Up on the Silverton Siege: My Public Query to AfriForum

Update posted: 23 November 2025 — 3:53 AM

After reading AfriForum’s article dated 12 October 2025 about their formal submission to the Khampepe Commission, I decided that I could no longer ignore the unanswered questions around the Silverton Siege of 25 January 1980 — an event that I personally lived through as a child at Silverton Primary School.

AfriForum requested that the Khampepe Commission look into why certain cases identified by the TRC were never prosecuted and whether political interference prevented accountability. Their report highlights how several families, including the Van der Merwe and Van Eck families, are still waiting for answers decades later.

Reading this article moved me deeply.

I realised that the Silverton Siege — something that shaped my earliest memories — might also fall into this category of unresolved cases, especially if any part of the follow-up investigation was delayed or blocked.

Because of this, on 23 November 2025 at 3:53, I posted a public question to AfriForum’s Facebook page.

In my message, I asked:

• whether the Silverton Siege investigation or prosecution was ever properly concluded,

• whether it may have been unfairly stopped or delayed,

• and whether the Khampepe Commission or another official body can look into the case today.

I also shared that I was a learner at Silverton Primary School on the day of the siege, that our classroom was closest to the bank, and that I clearly remember the fear and confusion among hundreds of children.

For readers who want to follow the context, here is AfriForum’s article that prompted my inquiry.

It explains their call for equal justice, especially where political interference may have prevented proper prosecution.

👉 Source: AfriForum website — Article dated 12 October 2025.

I will keep all my readers updated on any replies, developments, or new information I receive from AfriForum or any other body involved.

This is not only part of my personal history — it is part of our shared South African story.

Thank you for following this journey with me. More updates will follow.

Photo: https://www.netflix.com/

 

Living History Interview / Historical Reenactment Interview

By Pieter Lategan - 21 November 2025 Time: 18:53

About the Painting “The Chinese Girl” and Whether It Predicted the Future of South Africa

Questions for Vladimir Tretchikoff

Interviewer: “Mr Tretchikoff, thank you for being with us tonight.”

Vladimir Tretchikoff: He nods politely. “Of course.”

Interviewer:

“Many people today wonder something very unusual. When you painted The Chinese Girl, also known as The Green Lady, did you—intentionally or unintentionally—predict the future of South Africa?”

There is a pause. Vladimir looks down at his hands.

Mr Vladimir Tretchikoff:

“No… I did not paint it as a prediction. I never meant it to be political or prophetic. When I painted her, it was about colour, emotion, and beauty. I met a young Chinese girl in a dry cleaner in Cape Town. That was all. I did not stand there thinking, ‘Ah, yes, this will predict a nation’s future.’ No. That was not the purpose.”

Interviewer:

“But strangely, Mr. Tretchikoff, people today look at the painting and say it feels like the future was hidden in it. What do you think about that?”

Mr Vladimir Tretchikoff:

He folds his arms, thinking.
“Sometimes art becomes something more than the artist intended. I painted a girl. But the world gave her a second life. Maybe even a third one.”

Interviewer:

“Let me ask you this directly: Why did the painting become such a symbol in South Africa? I mean, it hung in Afrikaans homes, English homes, coloured homes, black homes, salons, shops — everywhere.”

Mr Vladimir Tretchikoff:

He smiles faintly.
“Yes… that is true. I think the painting crossed boundaries. During Apartheid, that was very rare. Something that all kinds of people liked… That was unusual.”

Interviewer:

“So the painting ended up doing something that the politics of the time could not do?”

Mr Vladimir Tretchikoff:

“I suppose so. The funny thing is, people called it ‘kitsch.’ They laughed at it. But it entered every house, every heart, every family. It travelled where politicians could not go. Art works in strange ways.”

Interviewer:

“And today we see strong Chinese influence in Africa… did you ever imagine that?”

Vladimir Tretchikoff:

“Not at all. When I painted the girl, China had nothing to do with Africa. But now — look — China is everywhere in business, trade, and construction. So people say the painting looks like a prophecy. But it wasn’t. It’s just that the world changed around the painting.”

Interviewer:

“Some people even say the painting predicted multicultural South Africa.”

Vladimir Tretchikoff:

He chuckles softly.
“I did not predict anything. But I can see why people feel that way. A Chinese face becoming the most loved face in South Africa — perhaps that tells you more about the country than about me.”

Interviewer:

"Sir?" I said: “What about the meaning of kitsch? Your work was mocked for decades, but now it is celebrated. Is that also symbolic?”

Mr Vladimir Tretchikoff:

“Yes. Kitsch is like people. For years they overlook you, laugh at you, mock you. Then one day they suddenly see value. My whole life is like that painting — rejected and then embraced. Maybe that is why South Africans understand it so well.”

Interviewer:

“So to answer the original question: Did you predict the future?”

Mr Vladimir Tretchikoff:

“No. But sometimes the future finds itself in the work long after the artist is gone.”

Interviewer:

I look at him and smile.
“Mr Tretchikoff, thank you for this remarkable insight. Your painting keeps asking questions long after the brush has dried. Perhaps that is its real prophecy.”

Mr Vladimir Tretchikoff:

He nods deeply.
“Thank you.”

Interviewer:
“I want to leave the audience with this thought:
Where will The Chinese Girl be in another 20, 40, or even 50 years?
Will she still follow us into the future?
Or will the future catch up to her again?”

By Pieter Lategan
Copyright © 2025 Pieter Lategan. All Rights Reserved.

Photoshoot of My Painting — “Chinese Girl 1.0” by Pieter Lategan (25 November 2025)

Pieter Lategan – “Chinese Girl 1.0” Video Shoot
26 November 2025 – Pretoria, South Africa
#graff #pieterlategan

Today I captured the behind-the-scenes video shoot of Chinese Girl 1.0, my own artistic reproduction of the world-famous “Chinese Girl” (also known as “The Green Lady”) by the Russian-born South African artist Vladimir Tretchikoff.

Originally painted in the early 1950s, Tretchikoff’s iconic portrait became one of the most reproduced artworks of the 20th century. The original now forms part of the private collection of Mr Laurence Graff, a globally respected collector and founder of Graff Diamonds.

My reproduction, Chinese Girl 1.0, is both a tribute and a reinterpretation—honouring Tretchikoff’s South African legacy while presenting the work through my own creative vision as a local Pretoria artist and fashion designer.

The video shoot focused on capturing the mood, colour, and emotional tone of the artwork:

• the distinctive cool-blue skin tones,

• the deep cultural symbolism,

• and the timeless elegance that made the original painting world-famous.

This project celebrates South African artistry, history, and the continued influence of Tretchikoff on contemporary creators like myself.

More visuals and final edits will be released soon.
— Pieter Lategan

#graff #pieterlategan

Low Art. - Pieter Lategan 22.11.2025

Low art.
High truth.
A girl in green.
Skin like porcelain.
Eyes like future warnings.

She doesn’t speak.
She reflects.
A country is shifting.
Old power cracking.
New voices rising.
Work changing hands.
Labour realigning.

White hands.
Black hands.
Low-income hands.
All building what comes next.

South Africa moves.
Slow.
Fast.
Chaotic.
Beautiful.
Uncomfortable.
Necessary.

The painting?
It says:
Value lives in the overlooked.
Beauty hides in the cheap.
Power grows from the ground up.

Kitsch becomes truth.
Low becomes loud.
Art becomes a mirror.
We become the story.

Lae Kuns- Pieter Lategan 22.11.2025

Lae kuns.
Hoë waarheid.
’n Meisie in groen.
Porseleinvel.
Oë vol toekoms.

Sy praat nie.
Sy wys.
’n Land wat skuif.
Ou mag breek.
Nuwe stemme styg.
Werk verander hande.
Arbeid skuif plek.

Wit hande.
Swart hande.
Lae-inkomste hande.
Bou saam aan môre.

Suid-Afrika beweeg.
Stadig.
Vinnig.
Rof.
Mooi.
Onrustig.
Nodig.

Die skildery?
Dit sê:
Waarde leef in wat mense miskyk.
Skoonheid sit in die goedkoop.
Krag groei van onder af.

Kitsj word waarheid.
Laag word hard.
Kuns word ’n spieël.
Ons word die storie.

Reflections in Today’s World

Art doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Just like the Silverton Siege was tied to history and politics, today I think about the world as I write this. On 19 November 2025, just before the first-ever G20 Summit in Africa, former President Donald Trump announced he would not attend the summit in Johannesburg, citing issues with land policies and treatment of white Afrikaners⁵. It reminds me that politics, history, and culture are always intertwined — and even art, like Tretchikoff’s or mine, exists inside that context.

Silverton Siege | The World of Silverton Siege “Inspired by True Events” | Netflix - 2022

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1. Chinese Girl — Wikipedia ↩

2. Vladimir Tretchikoff — Wikipedia ↩

3. Silverton Siege — South African History Online ↩ ↩²

4. Pieter Lategan Art Blog — 23 November 2019 ↩

5. Trump refuses G20 Summit in South Africa, 2025 — Al Jazeera ↩

   © 2025 Pieter Lategan. All Rights Reserved.
   "Chinese Girl 1.0 – Pieter’s Replica of Vladimir

   
   
   
   Tretchikoff" is an original artwork created by Pieter Lategan.

   No part of this artwork may be copied, reproduced, distributed, or used in any form without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

   For licensing, reproduction requests, or commercial use inquiries, please contact:
   Email: pieterlate@icloud.com
   Website: https://pieterlateganart.blogspot.com/
   
   If you are interested in purchasing the artwork, please visit www.https://www.southafricanartists.com

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Chinese Girl 3.0

 Starting Date: 24 November 2025 10:05 AM Wonderboom Pretoria South Africa.

Video by Pieter Lategan - 24 November 2025 10:17 AM

'PRETORIA' - LIANIE MAY (van die CD VERGEET MY NIE) 29 April 2020

Moedersbond Maternity Hospital.  Where I was delivered by my Mother, Elsabe Lategan (Latsky) 24.01.1970
View from east Photographer: Nicholas Clarke - 2014

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Chinese Girl 2.0

 

Artist Pieter Lategan Title: "Chinese Girl 2.0"

Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Chinese Girl 2.0
Medium: Acrylic
Year: 2025
Dimensions: 74 cm (H) x 55 cm (W) x 2.2 cm (D) Weight 4kg
Copyright: © Pieter Lategan, 2025. All Rights Reserved.
Description:
Chinese Girl 2.0 is a modern reinterpretation of Vladimir Tretchikoff’s iconic “Green Lady,” reimagined through the lens of contemporary South African art. This piece explores identity, emotion, and cultural fusion — bridging classic influence with modern expression.

Title: Chinese Girl 2.0 – A Mirror of a Shifting World

Artist: Pieter Lategan 2025

In Chinese Girl 2.0, I use Vladimir Tretchikoff’s iconic image as a starting point, but I bring her into 2025. She no longer looks away — she looks back.

Her silence is not submissive but charged with tension. She carries the weight of a world where power is shifting: China’s rise, Russia’s defiance, and the West’s moral uncertainty. This work is not just a portrait but a conversation about identity, power, and resistance.

Photoshoot for Pieter Lategan

Against the backdrop of the United States’ decision to suspend almost all aid to South Africa, the painting reflects the question: who controls the narrative? Who is watching whom?

I am an Afrikaner entrepreneur and artist who believes that art is a tool for dialogue and awareness. My work contributes to the larger discourse on freedom, tradition, and the future of our communities.

Living History Interview/Historical Reenactment Interview by Pieter Lategan - About the Artist Vladimir Trechikoff
- Inspired by the tradition of Historical reenactment on the television Series 1980s / Imported British History Series 1980s


"The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy."  Meryl Streep.

His Story. Photo www.tretchikoff.co.za

Vladimir Tretchikoff, Photo www.shutterstock.com

Photo www.tretchikoff.co.za

Questions and Answers:

 

Questions for Vladimir Tretchikoff

Interviewer: "Good afternoon, Mr. Tretchikoff."

 

Vladimir Trethikoff: "Good afternoon."

 

Interviewer: "What is your full name?"

 

Vladimir Trethikoff: "Vladimir Grigoryevich Tretchikoff."

 

Interviewer: "If I say you are a self-thought-out Russian-born artist, am I correct?"

 

Vladimir Trethikoff: "Yes, that is correct."

 

Interviewer: "Thank you. Can you please tell me the meaning of the name you carry, Vladimir?"

 

Vladimir Trethikoff: "My name is a very well-known name in the countries of Slavica and Russia. The meaning of my name, Vladimir, is a very powerful name in my country, where I was born and where I lived until the new order of the Soviet Union. It means to rule with greatness; you can also say ruler of peace or the world."

 

Interviewer: "Mr. Tretchikoff, can you tell us what your lucky number is and why?"

 

Vladimir Trethikoff: "My lucky number is 13. I was born on December 13, 1913, in Kazakhstan. I am a very superstitious man, but still, I believe in the number 13."

 

Interviewer: "Tell me what happened during 1917–1922."

 

Vladimir Trethikoff: "That specific time was after the Russian Revolution, and my family and I moved far east of Russia."

 

Interviewer: "Why did you move to that side of the country?"

 

Vladimir Trethikoff: "The only reason I can remember is because we tried to escape the Soviet Republic."

 

Interviewer: "Why did you and your family, and I also believe a lot of other Russians tried to escape the Soviet Union? Can you tell us more?"

 

Vladimir Tretchikoff: "What happened was that in my country, Russia, the new Russia after the bloody revolution, there was political and social change in the Soviet Republic that forced a lot of Russians to leave and go live somewhere else."

 

Interviewer: "Was it hard for you and your family to move away from your town, which you called home?"

 

Vladimir Tretchikoff: "Yes, it was very difficult for my parents. We end up in China with just a few belongings."

 

Interviewer: "What do you think was the feeling of the people who were not pro-government and could not flee the country?"

 

Vladimir Tretchikoff: "Well, what could they do? They must live with this new Union Republic, so they need to adapt or die. I feel sorry for the people with this long struggle they had and follow it always on the news. I mean, the fall of the Berlin Wall gave a lot of artists control over their art, which they did not have during communism. Remember, all of a sudden, the artists living in those countries had sudden freedom of artistic creativity, and that changed the art of the artist; they walked into a new area of their own creativity."

 

Interviewer: "Did the Chinese Girl or your painting, also known as "The Green Lady," have a connection with the fact that you lived in China?"

 

Vladimir looked at me, and there was silence. I could see his thoughts were very far away, and I was wondering what was going through his mind.

Interviewer: "Vladimir, I think a lot of people think, did you try to bring the Russian communist dream to us with your painting, the 'Chinese Girl', completed in 1953?

Vladimir Tretchkoff: "I think a lot about it, would it work for a country, or will it fail?"

Interviewer: "You remember the Chinese girls?"

 

Vladimir Tretchikoff: He looked at me with a smile and started to laugh.

Interviewer: "Sorry, I went over to the next question. Mr. Tretchikoff, please tell me, To move to another country or a new country because of politics, it must have been hard to do for your family."

 

Vladimir Tretchikoff: "Yes, it was; my father could not get a job in China, so we were very poor and cold."

 

Interviewer: "You and your family were cold."

 

Vladimir Tretchikoff nodded and said, "Yes."

 

There was a silence between us, and we just looked at each other. I did not know what to say, but all I could do was listen.

 

Interviewer: "Did you ever think of going back to Russia?"

 

Vladimir Tretchikoff: "I was only 11 years old when my mother passed away."

 

Interviewer: "What did she die of?"

 

Vladimir Tretchikoff: "She died of typhus; it was high fever, and so forth; she was really very sick. I was the youngest of eight children, so it was very tense for me to lose my mother at such a young age. I remember when she was busy dying, I took a pencil and started to draw her to keep her face in my memory. One of the reasons I did that was because we could not afford photography, so all I could do was draw her."

 

Interviewer: "Is it possible to make that sketch public for us to see?"

 

Vladimir Tretchikoff: 'No."

 

Interviewer: "I am really sorry about your loss. I still need to know if you ever want to go back to Russia. I mean, your father left the house because he struggled to deal with your mother's death. I mean, was it hard for you and your siblings to have your mother pass away and then hear that your father might drown himself in a river? It must have been very difficult for you at that age; I mean, at that time of your life, you need your mommy and daddy."

 

Vladimir Tretchikoff: "I thought of going back but am very glad that I did not, and I went and saw the world. I have the freedom to work in theater."

 

Interviewer: "Yes, theater is something different; the crew and cast became like a family. I remember while studying in theater, after a production, you were friends and always started to greet each other. What did you experience?

Vladimir Tretchikoff: "Yes, I was only 16 when I joined the theater in the Opera House in the Chinese-Russian theater. All our children, after our loss, had to jump and find jobs to survive. My dream has been to become an artist in Paris since I was a young boy. I was lucky to find a job. I managed to go to school till I was 16 years old. I went to school, and after hours, I did backdrops at the theater house."

 

Interviewer: "It takes a lot of teamwork to work on such productions, I know. All the artists are busy getting work done before the curtains open."

 

Vladimir Tretchikoff: He laughs, and I see the excitement of bittersweetness in his eyes. "Yes, that was teamwork, and I was still very young at the time."

 

Interviewer: "So tell me, what did you do at such a young age as crew? I mean, you started working when you were 11 years old; that is very young for a boy or a child to work and earn money."

 

Vladimir Tretchikoff: "Well, in the beginning, I was basically a jack of all trades."

 

Interviewer: "Runner?"

 

Vladimir Tretchikoff: "Yes, runner, make coffee, and do all the small jobs the others can't do. That actually made me happy because I feel worth it and that I am helpful. I was proud of myself."

 

Interviewer: "Mr. Vladimir Tretchikoff, we run out of time. I need to thank you for this wonderful insight into your personal life and all the questions we want to know about you, your pain, your excitement, and above all, your love for art. Thank you for helping me fall in love with your kitsch."

Vladimir Tretchikoff: With a smile, he nodded and looked at me first. He looked at the audience and said, "Thank you."

 

Interviewer: "I want to leave the audience with a thought: where will the Chinese Girl be in the next 20 years, 40 years, or 50 years?" 



- By Pieter Lategan

Copyright: © Pieter Lategan, 2025. All Rights Reserved.

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Please Read:

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Calendar 2026 - "Lover of Vladimir To Embrace" - Designing of Calendar for 2025 (Print)

... The End of Chinese Girl 2.0

Tretchikoff - My Life with the "Chinese Girl 2.0".

If you are interested in purchasing the artwork, please visit www.https://www.southafricanartists.com

I never ment to hurt you... I am sorry that I might...

 

Prince - Purple Rain (Official Video) - 27 July 1984