This oil painting on a stretched canvas measures 305 mm x 406 mm or 12 in x 16 in. The subject is the Umhlanga Rocks Lighthouse just north of Durban on South Africa’s east coast. There are always a number of ships at anchor outside Durban Harbour, waiting to enter port. There is a wind […]
Oils on Stretched Canvas
On My Easel – Jessica – Ceres Rail Company -17th July 2018
There is a very active steam train company that works out of the Cape town of Ceres – Called the Ceres Rail Company. They have several restored steam engines and a number of old South African Railways carriages. The company offers nostalgic trips from 1 to 5 days around the Western Cape. In June of […]
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Sold – Danger Point Lighthouse
In the early hours of 26 February 1852 a British troopship – HMS Birkenhead ran aground off the coast of Gansbaai, Western Cape, South Africa, at a place known as Danger Point. The ship broke up almost immediately after impact with submerged rocks. It was the first time that the call of “Women and Children […]
Sold – Cape St. Blaize
Lighthouse – Cape St. Blaize This lovely work was commissioned for a holiday home in the popular coastal holiday town of Mossel Bay on the Western Cape South Coast. The lighthouse was commissioned in 1864 and is a square brick tower, painted white. It is 14.9 meters tall and the “focal point” is 73 meters […]