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 larger images.
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Posted 31 January 2010
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Nothing botanical has as much charisma on the African stage as Baobab trees. At sunrise they begin the day in mauve, a difficult color in which to dress unless you have the dignity that comes from living a 1000 years or more. As the sun rises over the winter savannah, the trees turn white-pepper pink, [...]
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Posted 30 July 2009
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Also tagged: 1000 year old trees, Africa, Botswana, chromatic, Landscape, Planet Baobab, Savannah, Sunrise, Sunset, surface and form, Tree portrait, weaver bird nest
