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  • EDM Portraits 2018

    EDM Portraits 2018

    Portrait of our son, John
    Portrait of John on his Birthday
    Portrait of Tony Fitt.
    Remembering dear Uncle Tony Fitt
    Portrait of John & Chloë
    Chloë and John’s Birthday Portrait. Grand daughter and Grandpa sharing a tender moment.
  • EDM Miscellaneous 2018

    EDM Miscellaneous 2018

    Old Farm Boots. Sketchbook
    Sketchbook, Old Farm Boots
  • EDM flowers & trees 2018

    EDM flowers & trees 2018

    Acacia by the roadside. A.Sieberiana. Road to Groblersdal.
    Tree by the roadside. Acacia Sieberiana.
    Blue Lavender, Plumbago & Rosemary.
    Blue flowers in my garden. Lavender, Plumbago & Rosemary.
    The Reds of autumn in my garden.
    Autumn fruits and leaves. Tomatoes, Chillis, Rose-hips & Leaves of the Virginia Creeper.
    Road through the pine Forest, Buffelskloof,
    Buffelskloof Pine Forest. Mpumalanga
    Floral wallpaper.
    Commemorating Chelsea Flower Show 2018. Floral wallpaper. On homemade paper.
  • EDM cats 2018

    EDM cats 2018

    Cat portraits, of my Brother's cats.
    Mana & Rufus, my brother’s cats.
  • EDM Buildings 2018

    EDM Buildings 2018

    Houses on the street, Burgersdorp
    The forgotten houses on Buitekant St. Burgersdorp
  • EDM, Calligraphy 2018

    EDM, Calligraphy 2018

    Pentecost Journal Page
    The Doves of Pentecost
    Tea-set, Blue, Mother's Day, Remembering my Mum.
    Mum’s Blue Tea-set, Mother’s Day.
  • EDM birds 2018

    EDM birds 2018

    Sagittarius serpentarius, 'The archer of snakes'
    Secretary Bird, Sagittarius serpentarius
    Guinea Fowl at feed time
    Feeding Guinea Fowl
    Cape robin-chat, eating cheese.
    Robin eating cheese, Cape robin-chat, Cossypha caffra
    White-breasted Cormorant. Phalacrocorax lucidus
    White-breasted Cormorant, drying his wings, Loch Logan, Bloemfontein.
     Balearica regulorum, Grey Crowned Crane,
    Grey Crowned Crane, Balearica regulorum,
  • EDM rural life 2018

    EDM rural life 2018

    Karoo farm with single sheep
    Lone sheep in Karoo Veld
    Dirt road with puddles on the farm
    Silvermere farm road after rain
    Fence and gate on the ridge
    Gate on the Hill
    Farm sunset, with puddle reflections.
    Silvermere Sunset and puddles after rain
    Eucalyptus tree and shadows on farm road.
    Farm Road with Gumtree shadows
    Pregnant Ewe
    Expectant Ewe, lambing season, Silvermere.
    Orphan Lambs
    Hansie Lambs, Orphans.
    Windmill and farm track. Karoo
    Karoo, Road through Veld to the Windmill.
    Farm dam at sunset
    Sunset over Farm Dam. Silvermere
    Pretty mama cow and calf
    Clown-faced cow and calf
    Farm windmill repairs.
    Windmill Repairs, on Silvermere
    Windmill in Kalahari veld
    Kalahari Karoo, between Prieska & Vanwyksvlei

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • My 2018 Sheep Painting Challenge, no 2

    My 2018 Sheep Painting Challenge, no 2

    This is the second of my sheep challenge compositions. A group of our Afrino sheep, with a view of our farm beyond, and the Freestate hills in the distance.

    Sheep oil painting
    Sheep group on Silvermere.
  • My 2018 sheep painting challenge. No. 1

    My 2018 sheep painting challenge. No. 1

    Since acquiring a few canvases at a sale at the art shop in November, I have decided to do a few paintings of sheep, in oil. Here is the first one.

    Sheep Oil Painting
    Sheep in the Long Dry Grass
  • Three Holiday Sketches.

    Three Holiday Sketches.

    During the Christmas holidays, 2017, I did these three little sketches with my son, John,  

    Garden Room
    A little corner of my garden
    Christmas Day Sketch (2017), Old Tree
    Old Dead Tree, Excelsior.
    View from the De Stijl Hotel, Gariep Dam.
    Gariep Dam, view. New Year’s Eve 2017
  • Christmas 2017, final paintings, – maybe !

    Christmas 2017, final paintings, – maybe !

    Christmas lamb card
    Little Lamb Christmas Card.

    May our dear Lord bless your Christmas and guide you through the New Year. Lots of love to all my Family and Friends who visit this site.

    “Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. ” Psalm 95, 6 & 7

    Five Guinea Fowl
    Christmas guinea-fowl

    This was painted for a client who is decorating his office with Guinea Fowl artwork. He already bought 2 others that were available in the bird gallery.