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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Also tagged: Africa, African Ecology, African ecosystem, African landscape, African middle class, African wetlands, antelope, Baobab trees, Botswana, Delta Camp, elephants, Field studies, Gaborone, Ilala Palm, Kumakwane, Mike Glier, Mirrored world, Nxai Pan, Okavango Delta, Plein air, python, Suburbs, Tuli Block
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 [...]
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Posted 25 August 2009
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Also tagged: Aerial photograph, Africa, African ecosystem, African Fish Eagles, African landscape, African Wildlife Drawing, Botswana, Crane, Delta Camp Botswana, Ecosystem, elephants, Field sketch, Field studies, Green Pigeons, Hippopotamus, Ilala Palm, Kalahari, Mirrored world, Mokoro landscape, Moremi Game Preserve, national park, Okavango Delta, Okavango delta adventure, Pencil drawing, Primal landscape, Red lechwe, Saddle-billed stork, Saddle-billed Storks, seas of grass, Skull, swamp, Sycamore Fig, sycamore figs, Vervet monkey, visual traditions, wart hog, water lilies, Water lily, Waterbug, Wetlands
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, Baobab trees, Botswana, chromatic, Landscape, Planet Baobab, Sunrise, Sunset, surface and form, Tree portrait, weaver bird nest
