All 65 x 90 mm, acrylics on Masonite, except the donkey, which is in oil:
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Friday, 19 August 2022
Cape buffalo
Cape buffalo. Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm:
This work is for sale. Contact me at brianvds@gmail.com.
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Monday, 15 August 2022
Laughing dove
Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm:
These attractive doves are very common around here. They get their name from their call, which supposedly sounds like soft laughter.
This work is for sale. Contact me at brianvds@gmail.com.
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Thursday, 11 August 2022
Three spurfowl
Acrylics on Masonite, 30 x 20 cm:
Used to be known as francolins, but in an attempt to standardize common names, the powers that be in bird nomenclature have changed lots of bird names.
This work is for sale. Contact me at brianvds@gmail.com
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Thursday, 4 August 2022
Monday, 1 August 2022
Two birds
Both in acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:
Black-eyed bulbul, a common garden bird around here in South Africa:
Monday, 25 July 2022
Sunday, 24 July 2022
Thursday, 21 July 2022
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Saturday, 16 July 2022
Thursday, 23 June 2022
Abandoned vehicle, Northern Cape
Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm:
I have been tinkering with a new story, but in the meantime it is fun to paint a bit again. Perhaps not the kind of subject matter everyone enjoys, but to me, this kind of slow decay, as nature gradually reasserts itself over the works of man, holds a certain magic I can't quite verbalize. And thus, I paint it.

