In Stone Street, New York – AP409 This is a monochrome/sepia type acrylic painting on a stretched canvas. It measures 203 x 203 mm or 8 x 8 inches. How this painting came into being was that I was surfing around the web looking for suitable ideas. I came across a black and white painting […]
Where is My Art?
My Art is either
Work in Progress (On My Easel)
For Sale
Sold
Boat at Paternoster
Fisherman’s boat on the West Coast – South Africa – OP422 Years ago we found this old fisherman’s boat outside a shop in the fishing village of Paternoster. Paternoster is situated about 160 km from Capetown and is reached by taking the N7 out of the city. At the time it was filled with orange […]
Shepherd’s Hut
Lonely Shepherd’s hut on a farm near Caledon – South Africa – OP414 In the days before tarred roads, pickup trucks and the ubiquitous 16 seater taxis, farmers would send a shepherd with the flocks of sheep of to distant grazing. They were housed in small shepherd huts similar to the one depicted in this […]
After The Drought
Mielie (Corn) Field – Free State – South Africa – OP425 South Africa is generally a water scarce country and over the last few years many areas have suffered drought conditions. In places the drought has broken but in parts of North Western Province, Northern Cape and Free State the drought still persists (March 2019). […]
Tree On A Hillside
Clinging manfully to the hillside – AP427 This lovely tree on the side of a hill was inspired by a painting video by Clive Powell and a poem. It is an acrylic painting on a canvas panel measuring 15 cm x 21 cm ONE TREE Against a clear and deep blue sky,One tree stretched tall, its branches […]
Cottage in Alcester
Not far from Stratford-Upon-Avon – AP434 This “Streetscape” is of a little cottage in the village of Alcester in the UK county of Warwickshire. It has a history going back to the time of the Roman Empire. Alcester is about 8 km from the home of William Shakespeare , Stratford-Upon-Avon, so its quite likely that […]
Jongensklip Station
On the rail line from Caledon to Protem – Western Cape – South Africa – PD441 Long ago, (around 2011) I used to build dioramas using card, MDF board, clay, dyed sea sand and tubes of glue. It was painstaking work and the disadvantage of the cardboard was that it was far too fragile to […]
That Girl
A portrait in oil pastels – PP442 There is a concept in management called the competency pyramid, I’m sure you know it – It starts off where you are unconsciously incompetent (you don”t even know that you don’t know what you’re doing) and ends at the top of the pyramid (where else) where you are […]
Light
John 8:12 – OP443 This still life is an Oil painting on canvas and measures 297 x 420 mm or 11.5 x 16.5 inches. It was done as an entrant in the “Light” exhibition held by the Volmoed Art Group in Hermanus. For me the source of all light is Jesus Christ, both in a […]
Bloom where you are planted
Yellow flowers in dry stony patch – AP445 For many years we had the priviledge of living on two different farms in the Overberg district of the Western Cape, The first farm is called Morningview and the part of the farm we lived on was known as Montana. It is quite close to Caledon. The […]