From Wiseman's studio
Wiseman is one of the artists Pascoe Gallery has worked with for years. He sculpts and paints every piece himself, animal forms and figures hand-built in clay, fired and finished in the workshop next to his home.
He is also a pastor. The church he built sits on the same piece of land, raised with cinder-block walls he laid himself, with a tarpaulin tied across the top as a temporary roof until he could raise the funds for the permanent one.
What happened
A few weeks ago, on a Sunday morning, Wiseman was in the middle of his sermon when the wind came up hard enough to tear the tarpaulin loose. The structure failed over the congregation. The aunt that Wiseman and the sculptor Senzo Duma share, a woman both men grew up with, was among those killed. Fifteen others were taken to the hospital.
Wiseman has sent us his banking details and the reconstruction fund is open. He wants to build the permanent roof now, in cinder block and steel, the kind that will not move in the next storm. The community is already on site clearing the ground.
How collecting helps
20%
of every Wiseman piece sold
Through the end of June 2026, twenty percent of every Wiseman piece sold at Pascoe Gallery is sent directly to the reconstruction fund. The amount comes off the gallery's side, not added to the price you pay. There is no donate button. Bringing one of his works home is the gesture.
From the shelf
The pieces below are currently with Pascoe Gallery. Each one was hand-built, fired and painted by Wiseman in the KwaZulu-Natal studio.
