Rose Hip Study.

Oil on Canvas
18*24"
$240 (Sold)

This a rose hip of the Alberta Wild Rose, the picture I used as reference was taken in the fall after the hips have dried out and became all wrinkly. Did you know that you can eat them and also the leaves of the Wild Rose itself?
Here is a picture of a Alberta Wild rose.

In die Karoo: Sleutelfontein II

16*20"
Oil On canvas
Sold

Here is the second in the "Karoo Series" I really like the landscape of the Karoo. My intention is not to make a realistic representation of the landscape because then I could just take a picture with my camera and be done with it. But instead it is an interpretation which involves layering the paint, playing with textures and the push and pull of warm and cold colors.

Black and White Photography

King Protea: The National Flower of South Africa

8*10" Print on Silver Gelatin Paper

For sale for $20.

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Little Switzerland in the Drakensberge

8*10" Print on Silver Gelatin Paper

For sale for $20  

These prints are printed by hand from a 35mm negative. Yes, Old School. There is something mysterious about waiting for a print to appear in the developer, and then to patiently wait for the Stop Bath and Fixer before you can take it out in the light .... and really look at it. I can still smell the smells of a darkroom when I close my eyes.

New Happenings.

Hi There,

I would like to invite you to follow my blog. Here is a link that explains the two ways that you can follow a blog.
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Please let me know if you have any difficulty doing so I am not a computer wizz but I can try.

You are also invited to the Alberta Beach Public Library where I have a little display of paintings and mural Black and White photographic prints.

The image that is stimulating your visual senses on the top of this post is a picture of a Wildebeest that I took in Pilanesberg.

Until next time soon!
Sepela Gabotse!

In die Karoo: Sleutelfontein

16*20
Oil on Canvas
$150

While in South Africa last year we visited my uncles' farm Sleutel fontein. The beauty of the Karoo is so simple. It almost resembles the Prairies, but with cooler looking trees, like the one in the painting. I believe it is a Bloekom Boom.

Melanies' Sunflowers

16*20"
Oil on Canvas
I painted these sunflowers as a house warming gift.

Marries' Giraffe

6*6"
on Stretched Canvas
In oil

Here is the Fourth and last Animal for the African Animal series: a Giraffe.

African Landscapes to come....