Brian's Notebook

Oil on board, 297 mm x 210 mm. Can't quite decide whether I am happy with it or not. Perhaps I oversimplified a bit? Or perhaps i...

I have recently been playing around with oil paints again. I discovered something: I really hate canvas board as support. The paint just sin...

It appears I am not done with art after all. Or perhaps I was done with art, but art was not done with me. In recent times, I once again fou...

Mexican poppy, Argemone ochroleuca.  Originally from Mexico, it is now a widespread weed in southern Africa.

Cosmopolitan weeds. Datura ferox : And Datura stramonium : In both species, all parts of the plant are toxic, esp...

Pretty, but very invasive in some areas of South Africa: pompom weed ( Campuloclinium macrocephalum ). Originally from South America, it has...

A species of Cestrum . Originally from the Americas, they are somewhat popular garden plants in South Africa. In some areas they have become...