Showing posts with label landscape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label landscape. Show all posts

Wednesday 28 June 2023

Aloes at the corner

 Acrylics on board, 30 x 20 cm:


We tend to associate aloes with the tropics. But here in my corner of the world they bloom in winter, so they often make me think of cold, gloomy days. I took the reference photo on which I somewhat loosely based this picture just a few blocks from where I live. It was a bright, crisp day, but when I painted it the weather was rather gloomy and overcast, and this slipped into the painting, I think.




Thursday 1 June 2023

Winter weeds, highveld

 Acrylics on board, 20 x 15 cm:

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Most people tell me they find highveld winters depressing. Me, I love the subdued earth tones, the scraggly weeds and puffy seed heads, the hint of ice in the evening breeze. 

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Sunday 23 April 2023

Summer landscape, highveld

 Acrylics on board, 15 x 20 cm:

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With good summer rains, which by no means happens every summer, the highveld region becomes as green as Ireland. Beautiful as it is, it then becomes a horror to paint - there is no more difficult color to work with in a landscape than green!

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Sunday 16 April 2023

Off the R42 near Bronkhorstspruit

 Acrylics on board, 15 x 20 cm:

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A winter scene not far from the town where I grew up. Winters around here are frosty, though still pretty mild by European or North American standards. They are also bone dry, so the above-ground part of grass dies off, and then bleaches in in the African sun. A day like this will be very brightly sunlit, but generally quite mild.




Sunday 1 January 2023

Roses at the cottage

 Acrylics on board, 15 x 20 cm:


Decided to hit the ground running this year...

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