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Ngunis among Acacia Karroo
The striking white thorns on the Acacia Karroo are a striking contrast to the patterns on the Nguni Cattle. This series explores that relationship.
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Gallery pictures from the 2012 challenge
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Karoo landscape with Ngunis.
A recent visit to the nearby Nguni farm, ‘Gelykfontein’, was the inspiration behind this new karoo landscape with Nguni cattle .
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A few plein-air sketches with John
John came to visit us on the farm, so we did a few plein-air studies, without the pressure of the Challenge at Christmas 2011.
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Nguni Herd Returning Home
This painting has been a long process since the scene first inspired me, one evening exactly 5 years ago, not far from Pofadder.
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Mondplaas Ngunis re-visited
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Hofmeyr Road Donkey Cart.
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Karoo Interlude
Despite my love for the tropical Bushveld of my youth, these vast reaches of the Karoo have become an enduring inspiration in my search for new landscape to paint.
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Sheep Study Two
The ease and convenience of digital photography has made it possible to capture our sheep, in every quirky and entertaining pose. I doubt that I will ever lack inspiration.
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Sheep
Archives.
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Sheep study one. Resting against the workshop wall.
Photographing our sheep through all the seasons & years of living on a sheep farm continually inspires me to paint them.
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Nguni Study Revisited
A recent Nguni painting inquiry rekindled my enthusiasm in tackling a new big oil. These are some of the preliminary studies.