Dogs and Cats, Pigs and Donkeys at the Pomona Art Wall

Posted on May 18, 2026 by wineandwilddogs

The history of the ongoing brightening of the Pomona Art Wall by Clean & Green – Zimbabwe, Dulux Zimbabwe, CaliGraph, and Lin Barrie…

Earlier this year the faces artworks by CaliGraph that exist on the pomona art wall have been brightened up beautifully by the CaliGraph team with long lasting Dulux paints.

Great plans by Clean and Green Zimbabwe are underway to continue brightening and re-imagining the area to encompass a safe and creative environment for all the people that use the space.

I was approached by the Harare SPCA who asked me to work with Sharon Hook of Clean and Green Zimbabwe and the team at Dulux Zimbabwe – to create a painting to reflect the SPCA mission of caring for all the domestic animals that we all have in our daily lives. Truly a monumental task as the proposed area on the wall spans 16 metres! My painting encompasses Zimbabwean people and their dogs, cats, chickens, donkeys , pigs, rabbits and cows!! All are larger than life size, a melange of pets and domestic stock…

Kelli Barker painting for the SPCA

Assisting me to actually paint the wall have been my daughter Kelli Barker, my handyman Biggie, and Clean and Green handyman Leonard.

My friends at Caligraph, Marcus Zvinavashe and Nyasha Jeche (plus their team) kindly came and assisted with all small hand lettering and logos to finish the SPCA wall.

Nyasha creating his calligraphy…

Invaluable advice from mural veteran and friend Marcus helped me to envisage this project…

Lin and Marcus

We have worked at the pomona art wall daily – and many well wishers popped past and supported us – to admire the hard painting work!!!

Luke and friends and dogs…

Some dogs even left their pawprints

Waya leaves his mark..

Waya is an enthusiastic visitor to the wall

All in aid of the wonderful harare SPCA and huge thanks for art materials and logistics to Dulux Zimbabwe, Clean and Green Zimbabwe, Rio Douro Construction, John Hook & Son and Caligraph.

Rio Douro construction helped us with painting tools, buckets plastic and ladders -seen here with Kelli and Biggie

Thank you to the following for helping us with delicious food and drinks while we painted the Harare SPCA pomona art wall! Sharon Hook of Clean and Green Zimbabwe, Samson (water supplies by bicycle), Ashley and Rich Pereira of Rio Douro Construction, Matt Austen of Pariah State Bar and Grill Pomona, Paul of Freshly Ground Coffee Bar, Llew Hughes of Kanimambo Restaurant, Kirsty and Sue Williams (Pemcol, Earthy Treats), Sebastien Lallemande and Michele Steemans,

Thank you for physical assistance from Leonard, and CT, and Pamu of John Hook & Son.

CT Leonard and Biggie

Many of the features on my artwork include “The Blues” which are Dulux
Colours of the Year 2026:
Slow Swing
Free Groove
Mellow Flow

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Lin Barrie The Save Valley Conservancy stretches along the upper reaches of the great Save River in the south east of Zimbabwe. The Gonarezhou National Park laps against the southern banks of the Save River and between these two nestles the Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve. These three celebrated wildlife areas form part of the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, (GLTFCA)- a unique wilderness jewel which is home to the “Big Five” (endangered Black and White rhinos, elephants, buffalo, lion, leopard) and the ”Little Six” (Klipspringer, Suni, Duiker, Steenbok, Sharpe's Grysbok and Oribi). Endangered African wild dogs, Cheetah, Brown hyena, Bat-eared foxes and a host of special birds and plants contribute to the immense variety of this ecosystem. Communities around the GLTFCA contribute to innovative partnerships with National Parks and the private sector, forming a sound base on which to manage social, economic and environmental issues. This is home to artist and writer Lin Barrie and her life partner, conservationist Clive Stockil. Expressing her hopes, fears and love for this special ecosystem with oil paints on canvas, Lin Barrie believes that the essence of a landscape, person or animal, can only truly be captured by direct observation. Lin Barrie states: “Through my art, and my writing, I feel an intimate connection with the natural world, and from my extensive field sketches of wild animals, people and landscapes, I create larger works on canvas. Lin's work is in various public and private collections in South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Australia, England, Canada, Sweden and the United States of America. She is represented by galleries in South Africa, Zimbabwe, England, Kenya and Florida, USA.
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