Brian's Notebook

Ancylobotrys capensis,  Also known as wild apricot. The fruits are pleasantly sweet-sour. If the baboons leave you any, that is. They are fo...

Artemisia afra , also known as wild wormwood or, in Afrikaans, wilde als, a common herb in Gauteng. Used by traditional healers to treat che...

Protea caffra,  one of the most common species of Protea  in Gauteng province.

Acacia karroo,  a.k.a. sweet thorn, found throughout much of southern Africa. According to the Wikipedia page on the species, it is also kno...

Having sort of given up on visual art, it has been ages since I posted anything here. But I found myself regaining my old interest in natura...

Two more miniatures in post-impressionist style. Both are in oil on canvas board, 10 cm x 10 cm (4 x 4 inch). This is not altogether whims...

Two small paintings in the post-impressionist style. Oil on canvas board, 10 x 10 cm ( 4 x 4 inch).