Willie Burger is a self-taught artist from the Western Cape South Africa. His preferred medium is Soft pastel.His love and interest in art and music started in his early childhood years. At the age of eleven he joined a music group as a vocalist and performed on stage all over the country  for many years.After completing school and a compulsory two years National service he pursued  a career in finance. During those years the passion to create was always present.After leaving the corporate world in 2021 he started painting  full time.He concentrates on animal portraits, still life’s  and seascapes.