about BABETTE Du Plessis-biddlecombe

   Dr Babette C. Du Plessis- Biddlecombe grew up under the shadow of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, which is a coastal city encased by the beautiful Atlantic seashore, fittingly known as The Cape of Good Hope. In her youth, Dr Babette loved to draw and paint beautiful pictures, studied art after school hours, and entered many art competitions. Upon graduation from high school, she attended art school and went on to work as a graphic designer and photographer in an advertising agency in Cape Town, as well as large newspapers and magazines. In 1987, she opened her first art studio and worked mainly from home, where she raised her two beautiful children. 

   While there, she coordinated an orphanage for street children and did sketches of their faces. This is where her love for portraiture started developing and became a passion. In 1997, Babette and her family moved to Dallas, TX to further their education. They fell in love with the USA and decided to settle in beautiful Tulsa, OK, where they now operate a graphics and web development company, a non profit helping the community and a plant based food business.

   Her talents are displayed on advertisements, menus, book covers, and she has exhibited her work Internationally, and she has recently published her first children’s book.

   Babette also does public speaking and loves encouraging people when she isn’t painting and working with pen & ink. Obviously, Babette loves people. Life has been remarkably busy for her, but she still feels that she has not reached her full potential in her painting and is now moving toward a more impressionistic season of art and is excited to see how that develops!