An interesting few days participating in the Montagu Tourism Indaba, with its focus on introducing tourist venue, suppliers and destinations to each other. I was partnered with Kupenda African Gallery, which is five minutes walk up the road from the apartment, situated in a renovated KWV building. Quite splendid. Fortunately the wind behaved so were weren't chasing canvases across the golf course! Zandvliet ensured
A fabulous exhibition held at Hudson Manor of Henri Lamy’s work from his Art Residence at Entabeni Farm. Henri is a French figurative painter who uses large gestural marks to create his impressionistic acrylic on canvas works. Intriguing slices of the landscape and people of Knysna were beautifully painted in diverse sizes that stimulated the imagination of the viewer. His Capoeira ‘Fast Art’ painting exhibition
SOLD From a photo by Terry at Sedgefield AfroQuartez Opera Group at Freshline made for a great evening out. The weaving of traditional language into classic opera, the highlight. Terry took the Ottolenghi cauliflower creation to another level with ‘Piment D’espelette’, a red chilli pepper that hails from the Basque region that is not screaming hot, but packed with flavour. The pepper was first brought to
'Brothers', 100% silk scarf, the latest addition to the Jandreart Wearable Art range, has arrived in the Studio. They are simply, amazing. Lotus 2Acrylic and Recycled Plastic Water Bottle Butterflies on Canvas 200cmx150cm The light stretcher-bars holding the canvas meant that there was quite a lot of flex across the length of the canvas adding a different dimension to keep the geometric lines of
Butterflies. The last of the recycled plastic water-bottle butterflies painted and ready for the commissioned painting. My shaking hands meant that trying to flip the keto-crepe's resulted in piles of mushed mess. Fortunately there was enough mixture to develop a double handed flip, with the crepe sliding up the back of the pan to have enough space for the lifter to operate. Not pretty,
Acrylic on canvas 20cmx20cm From a Photo by Lorraine. The large canvas for the ‘Lotus’, Recycled Water Bottle Butterflies delivered to the Studio. Immensely grateful that we have suppliers in this part of the world who can make canvases to order. The underpainting, white on white acrylic a matter of feel for the raw canvas. The Silent War. Crashing blood sugars. Night, a scary thing. Following my Physician
The digital image of the my ‘Lotus’ Acrylic and Recycled Water Bottle Butterflies on Canvas on view at the Urbanside Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland. A bunch of transformed water bottle butterflies in the making. 'Coffee Pot' trail run through the Indigenous Forest, concentration not to trip over the branches that cover the trail. Fallen trees, thorns and monsters, making for a challenging run. Only a few
Wild Side beach restaurant. Simply splendid, and the setting. Perfection. Spoilt, we are. Struggling to get the large canvas (200x150cm) canvas I need for the butterfly commission. Stock, a general problem and trimming the weight of the final painting an additional complication. Palette for Recycled Plastic Water Bottle Butterflies Dinner menu, for the predicted weather. A disaster. Storms, and falling temperatures, which inspired the Coq au
Sweltering days. Sea mist making for a cool walk along Buffs beach. Storm clouds filling the sky. Thunder and lightning, not the best for a Border Collie. His mobi-kennel the sanctuary. An amazing painting from my time in South Sudan 'Displaced' heading to its new home in Switzerland. So thankful for the support, and the privilege to share my emotional adventures. Looking to continue the
‘Lotus’ Acrylic and recycled plastic water bottle butterflies on canvas ‘Artistic Merit Award’ at the 2021 Luxembourg Art Prize. The painting has also been selected for the 2022 Artbox.Project.World.2.0 exhibition to be held at the Urbanside Gallery in Switzerland next year. Multiple insulin jabs keeping my blood sugars into some, sort-of, ‘green’ range. Not, quite on-top of the food-carbs, or the exercising trashing of blood-sugars. Ride over