The following paintings are all 24″ x 30″, oil on aluminum panel and were painted out of doors on the big island of Hawaii. I really don’t know if they are finished, but they are far enough along to share.
antipodes
Painting the landscape at opposite points of the globe
Mango Road
Mangos are best eaten in the bathtub with a friend.
But the people who planted several miles of mango trees along a coastal road in Puna, Hawaii probably did not have this option. According to local legend, migrant farm workers put the mango seeds into the ground a century ago [...] Continue Reading…
Deepwater Horizon
It was 5 AM when I tapped the Sunbeam urn for a complimentary coffee and stepped outside the Hilo Seaside Hotel. It was gray, wet and fragrant on Banyan drive as I set off to see the Pacific.
This was my first morning on the big island of Hawaii and [...] Continue Reading…
Evolution of the Elephant and Springbok
Every Sunday morning, if the light is good, I take pictures of progress in the studio. These two landscapes one featuring an elephant and the other a springbok have gone through more changes than most. Almost daily I tested them, unhappy with their color or gesture or mark and [...] Continue Reading…
Paintings from Botswana
The 24″x 30″ works illustrated here were made on site in Botswana. The larger works are based on field sketches but were made in the studio. All works are oil on aluminum panel. The titles are incomplete at this point. Click the thumbnails and click once again to see [...] Continue Reading…
Beneath the Surface Lives a Mermaid
The pace has slowed, but there are more posts and paintings about Botswana to come in the next few months, the first of which has been composed by Meleko Mogkosi, fellow artist, friend and traveling companion in Africa.
By Meleko Mokgosi
Rudy, our guide at Tuli Block, a game preserve on [...] Continue Reading…
Okavango Field Studies
The following pencil and gouache studies were made in the Okavango Delta of Botswana.
If a Hippo Surfaces Nearby…
“If a hippo surfaces nearby” said Matsaudi Noga in a voice reminiscent of a flight attendant reciting safety instructions prior to take-off, “please do not attempt to jump from the boat”. I had just settled into the mokoro, a hand hewn log that serves as transportation in the Okavango [...] Continue Reading…
Elephant at Night
The full moon rose over the Okavango Delta as I lay in bed listening to the elephant wade through the water. The sloshing was a fresh sound, just like a person walking through the shallows only louder. And it grew even louder, so I got up to [...] Continue Reading…
Okavango
The Okavango Delta is formed by a river that has nowhere to go. The water that forms the Delta once flowed to the sea, but a fault in the earth’s crust is raising the floor of the Kalahari, blocking its path. As a result, the frustrated river has [...] Continue Reading…
