Via Roma

 Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

SOLD

I have been having quite a bit of fun painting in this, er, what exactly is this style anyway? Surreal? Naïve? It is influenced by a lot of stuff, ranging from postimpressionism to children's book illustrations. 

As if this isn't bad enough, I get up to no good all over the web...

Alice's umbrella

 Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

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Something rather unusual for me: a weird picture in the vein of pop surrealism. But it was such fun I think I might have discovered a whole new style here - watch this space!

All my other dubious activities all over the web...

It wasn't me!

 Pencil drawing with digital color:

Print available.

Elsewhere on the web.

Witch landing

 Witches from all over are currently landing at your local airport for the seasonal festival. Children beware!

Elsewhere on the web...

Weaver bird

 Female weaver bird sitting in a chain link fence. As city dweller, this is how I often observe my wildlife!

HB pencil on 20 x 15 cm paper:

Other stuff I get up to...

Even witches need to rest

 Pencil drawing, digitally colored:

Prints are available - see link below.

All the dubious stuff I get up to all over the web

Whimsical things

 Been playing around with making pencil sketches and then adding color digitally. I had quite a bit of fun creating these rather whimsical, cartoonish designs:

Prints are available at Saatchi Art.

Or go check out what else I get up to on the web.

Parked truck

 Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

Saw these blokes busy with something or other, right across the street from me, so I took a quick photo for reference. The painting is only rather loosely based on it. I live in a rather dreary suburb, and have long complained that there is nothing to paint here. But of course, one should just look - there is something worth painting almost anywhere. Or at least, that's my current theory, which I intend to test by paying more attention to my own surroundings.

This work is for sale. Contact me at brianvds@gmail.com.

Or see what else I get up to all over the web.

Calico cat in the grass

 Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

This work is for sale. Contact me at brianvds@gmail.com.

House in Melchome street

 Oil on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

One of my occasional experiments in a more or less expressionist kind of style. 

This work is for sale, or will be as soon as it is dry enough to travel. Contact me at brianvds@gmail.com.

Boxer

 Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm:

This work is for sale. Contact me at brianvds@gmail.com.

Bunch of mini-paintings

 All 65 x 90 mm, acrylics on Masonite, except the donkey, which is in oil:

Secretary bird, SOLD

Busy bee

Donkey profile

Pug portrait

Cape buffalo

 Cape buffalo. Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm:

This work is for sale. Contact me at brianvds@gmail.com.

Off the R516, Limpopo

 Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm:

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This work is for sale. Contact me at brianvds@gmail.com.

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.

Or go check out what else I get up to all over the interwebs!

Three spurfowl

 Acrylics on Masonite, 30 x 20 cm:

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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

Eastern highveld dirt road

Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 30 cm:

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Three guineafowl

Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm:

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Two birds

 Both in acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

Black-eyed bulbul, a common garden bird around here in South Africa:

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And crowned lapwing, very common in grasslands, including parks and sport fields:

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R43, Western Cape

 Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 30 cm:

This work is for sale. Contact me at brianvds@gmail.com.