karoo landscapes

  • Karoo Landscape, sunrise.

    Karoo Landscape, sunrise.

    A beautiful early morning roadside landscape was the inspiration for this karoo oil painting.

  • EDM. Every Day in May challenge, 2018

    EDM. Every Day in May challenge, 2018

    For the Last 3 years I have taken up the EDM challenge, to paint a new picture on each of the 31 days in May. So this makes it the fourth EDM challenge.

  • Another farm scenery order.

    Another farm scenery order.

    Another pair of Farm scenery landscapes were ordered recently.

  • Every Day in May challenge, 2017.

    Every Day in May challenge, 2017.

    The half of May 2017 was dedicated to the annual EDM challenge, so only 15 paintings this year.

  • Karoo

    Karoo

  • Karoo farm gate

    Karoo farm gate

    A little karoo farm landscape with an old gate.

  • The Road Ahead

    The Road Ahead

    “The Road Ahead” is always worth recording as a memory of the adventure of wonderful road trips of discovery through our beautiful country.

  • Van Wyk’s Vlei Donkey Cart.

    Van Wyk’s Vlei Donkey Cart.

    Passing through Van Wyk’s Vlei in 2015, we saw this delightful donkey cart, that I just had to paint !

  • EDM 2016, The Everyday in May Challenge.

    EDM 2016, The Everyday in May Challenge.

    This is my second EDM ( Everyday in May challenge ) that is 31 paintings in 31 days ! I enjoyed the journey last year, and managed to finish them all this year too. It is a great way to get going with watercolour sketching or journalling. Lots of disciplined practice.

  • Grootevallei

    Grootevallei

    This view of the wide Grootevallei that neighbours onto our farm, Silvermere, was my first order for 2016.

  • Our July 2015 Trans-Karoo trip. -Paintings, part one.

    Our July 2015 Trans-Karoo trip. -Paintings, part one.

    The first collection of a series of watercolours, inspired by our July 2015 trans-karoo trip.

  • Windmills of the Karoo

    Windmills of the Karoo

    When windmills propel gently through the breezes in lazy rotations, or spin frenetically facing into the strong winds that sweep across the karoo plains, I am often mesmerized by them. They knit together the vast expanses of earth and sky, in perfect stately harmony. Like elegant sentinels, windmills tower over the vast expanses of veld…