Chumani is a red breasted Jackal Buzzard photographed near Caledon – South Africa – AP410 The soaring, almost majestic Jackal Buzzard is a common bird of prey in the Western Cape of South Africa. They are often seen sweeping over farmland and mountainside as they play in the thermal updraughts or hunt an unsuspecting field […]
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SOLD – Old Blue
Two old tractors in a field near Ficksburg – Free State South Africa – AP412 On a drive from Ficksburg to Fouriesburg in the Free State you pass by the Sandstone Estate and Heritage Trust. It This farm is home to a vast collection of working vintage and veteran steam engines, trains, tractors, vehicles and […]
SOLD – Old Car and Windmill
An old 1948 Buick wreck near a windmill in the Free State – South Africa – AP413 This Acrylic painting on a stretched canvas measures 356 x 457 mm or 14 x 18 in. The old wreck of a car is a 1948 Buick and it lies, forlorn and rusting away on a farm somewhere […]
SOLD – Apple and Pear
Fresh fruit from Diepgat Farm near Caledon – South Africa AP415 I have a friend who owns a beautiful farm in the long and equally beautiful Hemel-En-Aarde Valley, which stretches from Hermanus almost to Caledon, in the Western Cape of South Africa. Export Apples and Pears are two of the products farmed here and this […]
Tractor in Norfolk
A “Grey Fergie” – The ubiquitous Harry Ferguson designed workhorse – AP437 This Acrylic painting of a Grey Fergie Tractor is on MDF Board and measures 254 x 356 mm or 10 x 14 inches. There is a funny story attached to this work. The tractor featured in a post on a Facebook Group. I […]
SOLD – Chevrolet Biscayne
Iconic 1959 Chevrolet Biscayne with ostentatious tail fins – Our Ref AP450 If I was asked to choose only one car out of all the makes and models ever built, then it would be the 1957 Chevrolet Belair. It was an Iconic model. But when it comes to being garish, ostentatious and even over the […]
On My Easel – Old Rusty – 21 Feb 2019
1929 Chevrolet 5 Window Coupe – Our Ref OP451 This old 1929 Chevrolet was one of the many variants in the Chevy Stable. There were 3 and 5 window coupes, drop-hoods, 4 door sedans and LDVs (or pickups). 1929 was an interesting year. In Chicago the great gangster shootout now know as the Valentine’s Day […]
On My Easel – Dodgy – 21 Feb 2019
1934 Dodge Pickup – Our Ref OP452 This 9 x 12 inch oil painting depicts a blue 1934 Dodge light delivery vehicle. In USA they would call this a truck or a pickup and here in South Africa it is called a “Bakkie”. Not sure what to do with the background. Whether I should create […]
SOLD – Lady Walking in a grassy field
Stephen Conway of Easy Oil Painting inspired this landscape work on a 200 mm x 500 mm stretched canvas. It is similar to Man Walking but instead of using yellow and black to create the greens I used blues and yellows in this one. The wonderful thing about painting is that the final artwork often […]
SOLD – Man Walking
There’s an Irish chap by the name of Stephen Conway. He does some really good stuff including a lot of tutorials on You Tube. This Landscape Oil Painting is based on one of his tutorials. My man walking looks a little older than Stephen’s man, but that’s the beauty of oil painting, any painting for […]