It is also the home of DENIS HILTON LEES – a professional artist and art teacher.  He teaches art to adults at his home studio, is the vice chairman of the West Coast Arts Guild, and exhibits his work at various galleries.  Denis is inspired by his surroundings and finds subject matter in the landscapes and seascapes around him.  Denis was born in Zimbabwe and grew up in JHB.  He studied art and design at the University of the Witwatersrand.  After JHB he moved to Knysna where he opened an art school and taught art and design to high school pupils and adults.  He was also the head of the Art Department at Oakhill High School during this time.  He has lived on the West Coast for 5 years, and before this he had a very successful art school for adults in Cape Town called Art’s Cool “Life is all about balance.  I feel balanced living on the West Coast”