The following pencil and gouache studies were made in the Okavango Delta of Botswana.
antipodes
Painting the landscape at opposite points of the globe
Red lechwe
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 lost its snaky shape and has become [...]
