Landscape with cosmos flowers

Free State Province: flat landscapes dotted with flat-topped hills. Particularly along road sides, stands of white and pink cosmos flowers are also common in late summer. It's the kind of thing that begs to be painted.

Acrylics on Masonite, 36 x 46 cm (= about 14 x 18 inches):

Meerkat sentries

Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

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Whenever the meerkats forage there will always be one or two keeping a lookout for predators.

Afrikaner cattle in a landscape

Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm:

Elephant

Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

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Assorted sketches

Sketches, mostly birds, in ballpoint pen and colored pencil:

Masked weaver

Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

In winter, the males and females look pretty much the same: drab light brown. But during the breeding season the males turn bright yellow, with black mask and reddish eyes. They then construct their intricately woven nests, trying to attract a mate.

Cape white-eyes

Cape white-eyes (Zosterops virens). Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm.

These are the archetypal tweety birds: round and fluffy and cute looking. They're quite common around here, where they move in small groups through dense foliage, looking for insects and chattering to one another.