Jar #1 Acrylic on canvas 30 X 42 cm Blue and white is one of those classic combinations that I will never tire of. My passion for collecting dragons led me too illustrative ceramics where dragons are found curling around and leaping from the beautifully illustrated jars. Most of the Far Eastern ceramics, especially the…
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Cosmos fields
Before we were married Phil and I drove up to St Lucia (in KZN) from Cape Town over the Easter Weekend in April of 1989. We drove through the Free State and it was one of those unforgettable experiences that will remain forever etched in my mind. All I could see was sandstone mountains, flaming…
Flaming sunflowers
Sunflowers always make me think of slightly shaggy, sloppily dressed flowers with a bonhomie and lackadaisical attitude as their faces follow the sun across the horizon in a worshipful gaze. They even look the part with their haphazard bright yellow petals radiating out from a dark burnt umber heart. Acrylic on canvas 40 X 40…
Sunny sunflowers
Sunflowers always make me smile! They are these beautiful, cheerful heads of bright yellow nodding their heads in the breeze. I used only a palette knife for this painting. I am in the process of teaching myself to use a palette knife with some particular subject matter in mind that lends itself to this style…
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