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Tag: donkeys

  • Van Wyk’s Vlei Donkey Cart.

    Van Wyk’s Vlei Donkey Cart.

    Donkey Cart and salt bush.
    Donkey Cart in Van Wyk’s Vlei.

    During our Trans Karoo trip in July 2015, we visited Van Wyk’s Vlei in the central karoo. This little scene with the donkey cart, salt bush and sleeping dog,  just needed to be painted ! I decided to paint it for an upcoming exhibition in Burgersdorp in October. So I am using it as the advertisement for the exhibition, on Facebook and elsewhere. Here it is as the Poster. The text has been added digitally, and does not actually appear on the painting, that will be on display at the October Show. Please come and visit if you are in the neighbourhood, in October.

    Donkey cart, exhibition poster.
    Exhibition poster for October 2016, in Burgersdorp.

     

  • G.K.Chesterton and the Donkey

    G.K.Chesterton and the Donkey

    Donkey. watercolour. 225 x 160 mm
    Donkey. watercolour. 225 x 160 mm

    To return to that marvellous word, ‘serendipity’; the Warthog post and the Roses post were inadvertently linked when the warthogs tried to get into my rose garden, which you may recall. This time, the last post is linked to this one by this quote from one of my favourite authors, G.K.Chesterton :

    “Can the Lion lie down with the Lamb and still retain his royal ferocity? That is the problem the Church attempted: that is the miracle she achieved.”

    But the reason I chose Chesterton for this post was a favourite poem I remember from my youth, about the Donkey: (more…)