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). […]
Landscapes
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – 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 […]
On My Easel – Bull Elephant – 14th February 2019
This beautiful Bull Elephant was photographed by me in 2015 in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. This is an oil on canvas measuring around 40 cm x 30 cm. Lots still to do but this will be my masterpiece. (For Now) You may also interested in 4 Baby Elephants created for a baby boy’s room. You may like to see […]
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On My Easel – Tobias Toucan – 14 February 2019
Progress on Tobias Toucan has been slow, as other projects have taken priority. He is back on the easel as I tackle the vegetation and his feet. He is such a beautiful creature so I hope I do him justice.
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On My Easel – Tobias Toucan – 10th Dec 2018
This beautiful Toucan is my second attempt at painting a bird. The first was a Jackal Buzzard that lived in blue gum trees in front of our home. The trick with this painting is in getting the colour variations of his beak correct. Hope I can do it. The Toucan’s name is Tobias. The painting […]
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