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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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Kalahari Leopard
I came across the photo of this leopard on red Kalahari sand, and felt inspired to paint her.
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Eland Antelope Study.
It was an enjoyable exercise, getting familiar with eland antelope again, before the watercolour study for a recent order.
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ATC’s. – Artist Trading Cards.
ATC’s , or Artist Trading Cards are a popular trend of miniature artworks and collages. This batch was my latest Sunday play session, to see if I could make some too,
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Road through the Mopanes
The beautiful woodland trees of Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) bring back wonderful nostalgic memories; and this Mopane forest is so reminiscent of those travels during my youth.
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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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Rock Pigeons over the Sunflower Fields of the Freestate.
Rock Pigeons and fields of sunflowers posed some considerable challenges with this commission.
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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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Beautiful Bokmakierie
Beautiful and lemon-bright Bokmakieries in our winter garden are a delight to see and sketch !
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Old World Vulture – visions
The recent commission to paint Whitebacked vultures in the Maasai Mara in Kenya, inspired me to make some extra sketches.
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Serengeti Cats
Wild Cats of the Serengeti and the grassveld were the challenges of this recent set of commissioned paintings.
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A quiet country road after the rain.
This captivating little road scene inspired me after a recent trip to Johannesburg.