Ydi is an full-time artist with painting as main discipline. Her parents' ministry in the URC (a previously segregated reformed church in South Africa) played a big role in her upbringing and her thoughts on poverty, politics and faith. Ydi completed in a MA in Fine Arts at Stellenbosch University with an exchange component in Kampala, East Africa. The complexity of Christianity, history, and art in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to interest her. After her studies Ydi visited the English L’Abri community where the warm hospitality and imaginative environment re-established her faith in Christian orthodoxy. While pursuing her artistic career in Stellenbosch she attended her first Artists’ Gathering and was introduced to like-minded thinkers on culture, theology and the arts. Classical music and her outdoorsy husband, August, keeps her sane among the many challenges facing the SA context. Keywords: Painting, art history, theology, Africa