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Mantelboard Dashpiece
From ‘ Outing in the Cuore’ From ‘Outing in the half-loaf’ See all 28 plus works that comprise the exhibition DOMESTIC ASSOCIATIONS / DOMESTIC EXCURSIONS on this website under the heading ‘Paintings’.
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Battle Cave characters
The Battle Cave is well known for it’s Bushman/San paintings. But I did not expect to find these three in amongst the plethora of more familiar images. The positioning of the figures, the subtle differences between them, their delightful stance. … Continue reading
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The Drakensberg revealed itself to us…
A walk I will never forget in Cobham, South Drakensberg
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Landscapes hard to believe
From our trip to the Richtersveld, Namibia and Botswana in 20014
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Splitch splotch on rock
Reminiscing by flipping through the digital album of our last last trip to the Richtersveld, Namibia and Botswana. These lichen “ebstreks” are from the Waterberg in Namibia.
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Pretty as a postcard
En route from Soebatsfontein to Kamieskroon
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All aboard the Nabapeep Flower Express
No one is waiting on the platform for this train which is going nowhere. It is marooned in the orange-stained little mining town of Nabapeep in the garden of the charming Mine Museum. The squashed and tilting wicker basket behind … Continue reading
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Another treeture
A social weaver’s nest has turned this tree into an elevated Moore sculpture ( thinking great thoughts) or a giant otter caught in some trap smelling his own behind ( in silly mode). In Witsand.
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A delicate touch
A light sprinkling, a tickle of blooms…
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Click!
How wonderful when you recognise the selfsame image you came across on a vague, unstructured walk in the Drakensberg in a display at the lovely, charming Himeville Museum, 17 km away. Click! A detail on a huge boulder that … Continue reading →