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Showing posts with label maree clarkson. Show all posts
Saturday, February 8, 2014

To what lengths will you go when you're bored?!

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“I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom!” Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Historian and Essayist, leading figure in t...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

Cloudy day

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W&N watercolour on Aqua acid-free 300gsm Summer-time in Magaliesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.  It is windy today. And cloudy. ...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Leopard on the rocks

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The leopard lingered in the sun Almost at close of day, With all its hours almost done And fast to ebb away… The leopard lets his memori...
Sunday, December 18, 2011

Rhino Study - The Unpardonable Crime

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To a man whose mind is free there is something even more intolerable in the sufferings of animals than in the sufferings of man. For with t...
Monday, September 5, 2011

A little old barn

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A daily practice of sketching and painting gives you a chance to exercise the big three P's - practice, practice, practice! W&N...
Thursday, September 1, 2011

The Essence of Africa

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“I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.” - D.H. Lawrence A daily practice of sketching and painting gives ...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Africa's Wonder

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A daily practice of sketching and painting gives you a chance to exercise the big three P's - practice, practice, practice! “Let a Perso...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Standing out in the crowd

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Sometimes I think we may feel that we have to do the big things in life to stand out from the crowd, but I think all you have to do is be yo...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Please don't kill my Gemsbuck...

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Watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm The Gemsbuck (Oryx gazella) is one of the most handsome antelope in Africa, with it long rapier-like horns...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Daisy in Acrylic

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A daily practice of sketching and painting gives you a chance to exercise the big three P's - practice, practice, practice! Acrylic on V...

Winter Setting in

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“People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.” - Anton Chekhov A daily practice of sketching and painti...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

The Poinsettia and the Daisies

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A daily practice of sketching and painting gives you a chance to exercise the big three P's - practice, practice, practice! Watercolou...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Winter moving in

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Brew me a cup for a winter's night. For the wind howls loud and the furies fight; Spice it with love and stir it with care, And I'll...
Monday, April 25, 2011

Rampage of Appreciation

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Watercolour in Moleskine 200gsm sketchbook Appreciate your friends and family and hold them near. NOW Compliment yourself on the...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Daisies Postcard 2

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I'm a pretty little thing, Always coming with the spring; In the meadows green I'm found, Peeping just above the ground, And my stal...
Sunday, April 10, 2011

The magical process

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"Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through .....
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Give yourself the Gift of Time

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"In order to hear your calling and answer it, you must generously give yourself the gift of time. It's not how fast you make your d...
Monday, January 3, 2011

African Joy and Sorrow

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"The triumph of life is the joy experienced thereafter." - Maree A daily practice of sketching and painting gives you a chance to ...
Saturday, January 1, 2011

Vintage Coffee Roses

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Oh, my love’s like a red, red rose, That ’s newly sprung in June; Oh, my love’s like the melody That’s sweetly played in tune. - Robert Burn...
Friday, December 31, 2010

Happy New Year 2011!

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New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created ...