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Saturday, September 30, 2023

Blue gum fantasy

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm in small sketch-book Blue gum trees on our smallholding (Tarlton, Gauteng, South Africa) I must...
Monday, September 25, 2023

I love a tree..

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W&N watercolour in Moleskine 200gsm watercolour sketch-book When I pass to my reward. Whatever that may be, I’d like my friends to ...
Sunday, September 17, 2023

Aloe ferox painting 1

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm A painting of an Aloe ferox in my previous garden in Tarlton, Gauteng. Each winter the aloe...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Arums - Cloak of Silver-white

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W&N watercolours on Daler-Rowney 300gsm Arums in my garden Unfurl your cloak of silken white Reveal your secret wand upraised at le...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Enter the wilderness

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm A farm road to a smallholding in Magaliesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.   Alienation from na...
Saturday, September 2, 2023

I watched the tide go out

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W&N watercolour in Moleskine 200gsm watercolour sketch-book As the sun sank lower and lower, I watched the tide go out... further a...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Bulbine frutescens (Balsemkopiva)

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm Bulbine in a container on my patio (Tarlton, Gauteng, South Africa) Commonly called Bulbi...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

The Lake of the Dismal Swamp

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 W&N watercolour and coffee (Nescafé instant) on Bockingford 300gsm ██Ɔ They made her a grave, too cold and damp For a soul so war...
Thursday, June 22, 2023

Small sketches and paintings

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At one stage I churned out a lot of small sketches and paintings, the urge for the brush was greater than trying to plan something big and w...
Sunday, June 18, 2023

The little Daisy

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  I want daisies in my hair,  peace in my soul, and love in my heart W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

French Marigolds

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W&N watercolour on Amedeo 200gsm – Marigolds in a pot in my garden Marigolds (Tagetes patula) are easy to grow and they help keep t...
Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Sunrise over No. 84

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W&N watercolour and ink sketch in Moleskine 200gsm sketch-book Sunrise over our smallholding in Tarlton, Gauteng, South Africa. We ...
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Small paintings in a sketch-book

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I have this small, hand-made little sketch-book with satin-finish linen paper, which is exquisite to paint in. The paint takes on a life ...
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Enter these enchanted woods

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W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm Enter these enchanted woods – Ye who dare .
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Grass Aloe

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Watercolour sketch of A. cooperi in my ‘Nature’ Journal In the hope of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at ...