Keith Joubert

He attended no fewer than eleven schools, a history that fostered domestic instability but also created a sturdy, resilient character.

His family's regular trips to the Kruger National Park sparked an abiding love for the natural world.

He studied Industrial Design at the Johannesburg School of Art between 1963 and 1967, thereafter working as a book illustrator, political cartoonist, signwriter, and eventually in the advertising industry, developing the graphic style that subsequently informed his work, and turning professional in 1970.

Joubert spent a great deal of his time in the bushveld, finally abandoning city life permanently, and working from a studio in the Selati Game Reserve.

Believing that possessions complicated his life, he settled for his four-wheel-drive vehicle, tent, and camp bed.