Specialising in oil paint and charcoal, Taléta is a professional painter and commissioned portrait artist based in Stellenbosch. She is best known for her emotional portraits and narrative paintings. In a remarkably short time, he has emerged as one of the country’s best-known realist artists.

Her talent, which rivals that of the late nineteenth-century painterly realists such as John Singer Sargent, Joaquín Sorolla and Anders Zorn, is outstanding. Like these great painters of the past, Taléta is a virtuoso artist. Her canvases convey a magical aura of compelling imagery emerging from a field of paint.

Realism has been misunderstood throughout most of the twentieth century as an art of imitation. In truth, when practised by a painter like Taléta, realist painting is a powerful creative force. Many viewers are drawn to her art, thinking that it looks just like a photograph. Actually, Taléta's vision is the opposite of what a camera does. A photograph tends to flatten an image, reducing all relationships of colour and shade to a stiff mechanical pattern.

With a highly sensitive eye, she sees nuances of value and hue that the camera and most people can not see. Even more incredible, she is able to translate her highly nuanced vision into a painted image. Her work combines her love of realism with personal allegories. She especially loves painting children, and seeks to convey all of her subjects with honesty and sensitivity.

Taléta was self-taught until she had the opportunity to study with several renowned artists, including Vladimir Volegov (Sweden) and Michelle Dunaway (USA)

Along with a busy painting and mentoring schedule, Taléta runs a private art school from her studio in Stellenbosch and teaches workshops across the country.

Her work can be found in numerous private collections around the world, including the United States, the UK and Tanzania.