SOLD Our farm in what is known as the Upper Karoo is 55 km from the nearest town (Douglas) and 71 km from the town in the other direction (Prieska). Karoo farms that are not on the Orange river are almost all sheep farms. It is a lonely life in the Karoo. It is so […]
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
Transkei Sunset
Sunset in a village somewhere in the Eastern Cape – AP407 Transkei Sunset was one of my first acrylic paintings. It was a lesson in light and shadow, so here you can see we have a setting sun on the right hand side and closer to the front of the painting. This image is a […]
Kiss Me Kate
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 […]
SOLD – Chumani
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 […]
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 – 4 Whimsical Elephants
This commission was from the parents of a soon to be born son. They are acrylic paintings on small stretched canvasses of 203 mm x 203 mm or 8 in x 8 in. The young man also had an elephant motif duvet and other elephant related decor items and toys. This may also be of […]
No Better Place, Than Home, At Twilight On A Warm Summer Evening”
On My Easel – Village at Twilight On My Easel is this little village scene. I have no idea what the name of the technique is… I’ve probably been told, and if so, then I have forgotten. To achieve the effect, you start with a black canvas, and, using good old school chalk, you draw […]