Lelane Rossouw-Bancroft
Lelané (Lanie) Rossouw-Bancroft is a Lino printmaker & fine artist who resides with her husband in Newark, Delaware in the United States of America. Lanie was born on the east coast of South Africa in 1977. She graduated from art college in South Africa with a certificate in textile design & printmaking. After many years of work in the fashion retail industry, her love for long distance open water swimming brought her to the shores of the USA in 2009 where she spent the following 10 years teaching swimming and coaching swim teams. It was only during the Covid pandemic that Lanie found her way back to her true passion of printmaking and also recently discovering the art of watercolor & acrylic painting. She is currently a member, volunteer gallery monitor & art teacher the Newark Arts Alliance.