Barbara Philip

Tag: Meerkats

  • Wildlife

    Wildlife

    Meercat, wildlife portrait.
    Meercat Portrait.
    Running Warthogs.
    Tails-up ! Warthogs.
  • Silvermere Meercats.

    Silvermere Meercats.

    We have a family of meercats that live in several sets of holes around our farmstead. In this main picture they are gathered together around holes on an old ash heap. It is a perfect place to look out for danger on all sides. They have moved on since, but were there long enough for me to take some lovely photos from which I did this big rice paper painting, with watercolour and gouache. The smaller painting is not from one of my photos.

    Meercats on the Ash-heap.
    The Ash-heap Meercats
    Meercats. Mom & Babe
    Mom & Babe, Meercats
  • The First Study of our Silvermere Meerkat Family

    The First Study of our Silvermere Meerkat Family

    Watercolour & Gouache on Grey Canson Pastel paper. 620 x 430 mm.
    Meerkat Family, Watercolour & Gouache on Grey Canson Pastel paper. 620 x 430 mm.

    ‘Meerkat Manor’ on Animal Planet has been my favourite Soap Opera on TV for as long as the series has been running. So you can imagine how delighted I was when our own nomadic family of Meerkats set up home ( for a short while) behind our farm shed. There is a small broken window at the back of the shed, just big enough for my camera lens. I could sit there on the Lucerne bales, with my camera positioned through the hole in the window, and the meerkats were totally oblivious to my presence. So I spent many a happy hour photographing the antics and dramas of our own little meerkat family. It was very entertaining and I am delighted with the good photos I was able to take. There hasn’t been much of an opportunity to really explore them with my paints, but since the pressure of the exhibition is over, I have done a few paintings and sketches. Needless to say many more will follow, but here are the first ones: (more…)