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Maasai women, Kenya This painting is a play on shapes and colours. The colours influenced by the red worn by Maasai men and women, the tree's and huts out of my imagination and the female figures are really just shapes in the foreground, so have no
THE SMOKER, 1998 acrylic on canvas 120 by 150cm This painting is totally out of my imagination. The smoker wad an image I saw somewhere and the flags and war images below are fantastical. I was more concerned with the borders and their harking back
I loved the juxtaposition of all these red roofed houses in Provence. They were a jumble of colour and shapes, and appealed to me really because all the famous painters like van Gogh, Cezanne painted scenes like this. An attempt by me to be like them
I was visiting the Seychelles when I saw this magical yellow house which had to be painted. I did quite a few paintings of the house with the owner in front once. I will try to fimd those and post them up. Magical house in a perfect setting. The Yel
Emerald Hill, Singapore I visited Singapore when the old taipans were still in control of the city. It was an old trading post for colonial countries, and foreign company executives lived in great style, with cricket at the country club, many staff a
Sunflowers shells and onions Sunflowers are a favourite of mine to paint. The war in Ukraine with its many sunflower fields now under fire, makes them even more poignant a symbol of hope and sunshine. The shells all come from Rooi Els where I now liv
I love Natal. My grandparents farmed wattle and sugar (mistake together). I went to school there, and I have always admired the choreography of the sugar cane fields with their symmetry and shape. The palette knife takes great joy in this painting, w
The combination of mountains and sea in close proximity is irresistable to artists. Particularly if there is any reflection in the water to add to the colour. This painting of a view captured by camera had it all and was a joy to paint, particularly
I have always had a thing about plam tree's, so if I see a scene with those in it, I am compelled to paint it. This road around the coast in Cape Town through Bakoven has some wonderful palm tree's and views with their own natural composition. Palm t
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