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J-BAC 2025 - High School 2nd Place Winner - Mienke Brits - Echoes of AncestryArtist: Mienke Brits Artwork Title: Echoes of Ancestry Size: 650mm x 500mm Meduim: Graphite pencil Framed Artist Bio: Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. Thomas Merton My name is Mienke Brits, a Grade 12 learner and Head girl of High school Nico Malan in Humansdorp. As the top of my class in Visual Arts, my work reflects a lifelong devotion to creativity and expression. Art has never been just a subject to me, it has

Artist: Mienke Brits

Artwork Title: Echoes of Ancestry

Size: 650mm x 500mm

Meduim: Graphite pencil

Framed 

 

Artist Bio:

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton

 

My name is Mienke Brits, a Grade 12 learner and Head girl of High school Nico Malan in Humansdorp. As the top of my class in Visual Arts, my work reflects a lifelong devotion to creativity and expression. Art has never been just a subject to me, it has been the rhythm of my life, shaping how I see the world and my place within it.

 

My earliest memories of art began with colouring

printed pages my mom printed for me, and hours spent immersed in Top Model books. What started as a pastime soon became a passion, growing into a love for drawing, sculpting, and graphic design.

 

Apart from drawing, sculpting grounds me in texture and form, while graphic design pushes my creativity into the digital realm. Together, these practices reflect the duality of my artistic voice, which is rooted in tradition, yet always reaching forward.

 

For me, art is where silence speaks, and vision becomes reality.

 

Through my work, I move beyond the surface of familiar faces to capture the unseen stories within them. This piece is not just about Jeffrey’s Bay as a place, but about its people and their layered identities, unspoken traditions, and cultural echoes that shape who they are.

 

I have always been fascinated by the diversity of cultures surrounding us as they are often overlooked, softened into the background of daily life. To me, they deserve more than a passing glance; they deserve recognition and a space to be seen. This portrait is my tribute to that richness.

 

By magnifying subtle details like an heirloom, a gesture, a style, I seek to weave a dialogue between past and present, honouring the ancestral threads that still breathe through modern lives. For me, art is storytelling: a spiritual act that gives voice to silent pride, preserving heritage, identity, and belonging in every brushstroke.

 

 

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Shannon Cross
Massapequa, US
★★★★★ 5
Perfect debut novel!
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I had no idea this was Ms. Elle's first official debut! Story was lovely and the flow harmonious...the only indication of the author being British was the reference to an already described sweater as a jumper...but since I love British authors it only added to the charm. No real angst and not really what I would classify as a slow-burn (rather a realistic relationship timeline) made for a quick read! Can't wait to read what she writes next!!
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Birmingham, US
★★★★★ 5
Great read.
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Once I started this book I kept reading. I enjoyed the story and complex issue bys with both characters, especially with the never having been with another woman for Lou. In this day of self publishing I commend you there were no errors. I will, anxiously, await your next body of work. Thank you for the great read. ,,,
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Jessica Stover
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★★★★★ 5
Unputdownable!!!
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This is about Cami, at seventeen years old her family home was broken into and her life tragically changed forever. Eleven years later and she's finally living as normal of a life as she can despite the trauma, when she receives an anonymous phone call with a cryptic message asking if she would like a "do over". Then she receives a link to a video of a boy trapped in a room with bars on the windows and she is told she has 4 days to find him. Her heart stops when she sees the boy's face because he looks so familiar, but it couldn't be what she's thinking, could it? She knows she needs to help him but was told she can't contact the police, so the next best thing she can think of is an old classmate named Rex who she remembered did something in the military with computers. Now Cami and Rex are on a race against time to figure out the secret location of where the video is coming from and where this little boy is being kept before it's too late. But there is so much more than they realize going on and they uncover more and more secrets along the way, the little boy is just the beginning of what they're about to unravel about their past and their futures. This book was truly unputdownable! It captures your attention right from the first chapter and keeps you on the edge of your seat, grasping for answers while finding out secrets that only lead to more questions. I had no idea where this story was going or how it was going to end, and I loved that I couldn't predict what was going to happen. It had suspense, trauma, mystery, heartbreak, loss, healing, romance, found family, second chances, and a happy ending. (*Please make sure to check trigger warnings, it also does have dark topics.) Everything from the beginning to the ending was so well done, so much thought was put into these characters, their back stories, the connections, even down to the details. Five stars doesn't feel like enough for this book, Mia absolutely blew me away with this story! Books like this are why I love to read! ❤️📚
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Belleville, US
★★★★★ 4
Great read
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It’s honestly rare to find a book that manages to be both a gripping thriller AND an emotional, hopeful story at the same time, but this one somehow pulled it off. The story follows Cami, whose entire life is shattered after a brutal home invasion leaves her traumatized and her mother and younger sister dead. Right before everything happened, she had just found out she was pregnant and was preparing to start her future, so watching everything get ripped away from her was absolutely heartbreaking. Years later, Cami has rebuilt a quiet life for herself and is finally finding some sense of peace… until she receives a phone call telling her there’s a little boy being held captive somewhere in a cabin in the woods. And that’s when everything starts unraveling again. The search for the missing child reconnects her with Rex, a former classmate who became an outcast in the aftermath of the original tragedy. After being unfairly viewed as suspicious by the community despite being cleared, Rex lost the scholarship that was supposed to change his future and eventually enlisted in the military. Now he’s this highly skilled tech expert carrying around his own trauma and pain, and honestly I really liked his character. What I appreciated most about this book was how layered it felt. Underneath the mystery and suspense, it’s really a story about survival, trauma, resilience, and how people try to rebuild themselves after unimaginable loss. Mia did a really good job balancing the darker subject matter with moments of hope and healing without making either side feel too overwhelming. The opening of this book is INTENSE and immediately hooks you. There were definitely moments where my interest dipped a little in the middle because the pacing shifted and the story started unfolding in a different direction than I expected, so I had to kind of regroup and settle into what the story was trying to do. Some of the execution did not fully work for me all the time, especially with certain reveals being held back for later impact, but overall I was still really invested in uncovering the truth. I also really liked that even some of the characters I disliked ended up getting endings that felt satisfying in their own way. The mystery kept me engaged, the emotional elements hit hard, and the characters felt layered and human. It’s dark, tragic, hopeful, suspenseful, and ultimately a story about surviving things that should have destroyed you. Just definitely check trigger warnings beforehand because this book does contain violence against women and some heavy subject matter.
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★★★★★ 5
Excellent read
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One of the best books I've ever read, full of surprises. Only complaint is the f bombs, totally unnecessary, adds nothing.
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