The Gardner family mural was the very first of Mr Chandler’s private commissions. The Durban-born client wanted to add a touch of Natal nostalgia & old-world glamour to the family’s newly-refurbished Cape Town home.

It’s not every day that someone commissions the reworking of a chapel. When Mr Chandler was asked to recreate this little bethel from bespoke, hand-painted ceramic tiles, it almost inspired a religious epiphany – almost.