Jan-Louis Kotze is a Toronto-based abstract oil painter whose work explores colour, frequency, and surface through a slow, physical painting process. Built through layered oil paint and repeated gestures, the paintings reference rhythm and energy without direct representation.

The work develops gradually over time, with each layer responding to the one beneath it. Rather than conveying imagery or narrative, the focus is on how colour accumulates, how surface holds movement, and how subtle shifts create a sense of vibration and presence.

Kotze organizes his paintings into distinct colour categories that correspond to specific spectrum ranges and frequency groupings. The titles reflect this system, using numerical ranges and category codes to indicate the colour frequencies explored within each work. These titles function as identifiers rather than descriptions, situating each painting within a broader field of related energies.

The practice is grounded in experience rather than explanation. The paintings are intended to be felt over time, inviting sustained looking and a heightened awareness of colour as a physical and perceptual phenomenon.