Rat

Rat is a 51 × 40 cm acrylic on canvas from 2025. Walt Viviers approaches subjects that others might dismiss — the rat is a case in point, a creature more often associated with urban grime than gallery walls. But in Viviers' hands the animal is rendered with directness and a genuine sense of character: observed closely, executed with the assured brushwork that marks his mature style, and given the scale it deserves. The medium-large format ensures the subject has real presence. This is Viviers at his most straightforwardly honest — no irony, no distancing, just a Pretoria-based South African fine artist looking hard at a living thing and putting it on canvas. Enquire for acquisition details.