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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The completion of Amy’s Book
A twenty year project of writing a page of poetry each Birthday for my God-daughter, Amy, has been completed.All the pages are now bound in a book for her 21st.
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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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The Christmas 2011 Painting-a-Day Challenge.
During the holidays around Christmas 2011 & New Year 2012, John and I made a 13-day Painting-a-Day challenge, to test our ability to cope with plein-air painting conditions on a regular basis. It was great fun !!
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The Big Mondplaas Nguni Oil, – Revisited
November dawned with a new challenge and a big order with a deadline; even if it was a repeat of the 2009 Nguni oil painting. Some small changes were made and Makatini and his family were completed in time.
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Burgersdorp’s Spring Somerfees.
Our exhibition at the annual Burgersdorp Spring Festival was an enjoyable and worthwhile in the end, despite the disastrous weather on the first day.
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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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A little Study of the Cape Hare
The Cape Hare has been a regular garden visitor lately, so it was an enjoyable task studying him through these sketches.
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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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