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Vote Goat at Investec 2025; The Artists’ General Election, (what if artists ran the world?)

Posted on February 20, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

What if artists ran the world?! Given the current topsy turvy world politics, a world of hotly debated elections, would-be elections, wars (verbal and actual), and tussles for power sweeping Africa, America, Europe and the middle east, what an apt … Continue reading →

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The Last Resort Reinvented; A repurposed Art Space and Dialogues on Humanity in Zimbabwe…..

Posted on February 19, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

Many years ago, Drifters Lodge near Mutare was built by Lyn and Ros Rogers. Nestled between four small green-clad mountains, it catered to drifters and backpackers, art and bridge clubs, friends, itinerants and more… Challenges and tragedies, triumphs and disasters, … Continue reading →

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The World in Miniature; The Power of Small Works….(or “Why is Small Art so Big right now?!”)

Posted on February 11, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

Small is smart!…. my life size yet tiny tiny snail shell paintings…. Lin Barrie, Giant Land Snail Shell, 1,2 and 3, (triptych), 2023, acrylic, charcoal and earth pigment on stretched canvas, each is 20 x 20 cm,  I believe that the … Continue reading →

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Opening the Art Portal in Zimbabwe; Mbare Art Space empowering young creatives…

Posted on February 5, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

After a day of working together at my studio on our collaborative submission for Cheuka Art Fair 2025, Johnson Zuze, Kelli Barker and I are satisfied with progress … Johnny’s wire work and my sketches in progress… Johnson’s Blue Man … Continue reading →

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GOATZ; food, family, culture, storytelling, art, proverbs and so much more…

Posted on January 15, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

For 2025, I vote Goat!…. of food, of family, of culture, of art, of drums, of storytelling, of proverbs… Goats, GOATZ, really are the greatest of all time…. Worldwide goats are the GOAT, closely allied to man and domesticated for … Continue reading →

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Of Art and Emigrants, of Creativity and Immigrants; Zimbabwe to the World, at home, and in the Diaspora…

Posted on January 3, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

Of Art – writing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, film, photography, theatre and music; Of Emigrants and Immigrants…Zimbabwe to the World, at home, and in the Diaspora.. #allthingsconnected is my mantra … it’s the tail end of 2024 and the beginnings … Continue reading →

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The Africa Salon; my Art Collector Passport unlocks the experience…

Posted on December 3, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

At the Keyes Art Mile in Rosebank, Jozi, I visit Madlozi Contemporary Art Gallery’s show,  The Africa Salon, My Art Collector Passport unlocks the experience…as I am drawn in to bravely coloured walls, deep hued and mysterious, embracing glowing artworks … Continue reading →

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Lin Barrie | An Artist Who Sees Poetry and Feels Colour | Safari Culture

Posted on November 22, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

Lin Barrie | An Artist Who Sees Poetry and Feels Colour | Safari Culture — Read on http://www.safariculture.com/banner-story/lin-barrie-an-artist-who-sees-poetry-and-feels-colour/

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From the Earth, of the Earth; a gift of Art by Ann Gollifer

Posted on November 16, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

I enter the Origins Centre -the museum at Wits University, with great anticipation – carrying my Art Harare Art passport as a tangible memory in the making… An EXHIBITION is opening : “Hold me said the Earth” by Ann Gollifer, … Continue reading →

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Of the Earth, Of Fire; Sketching a Giant African Land Snail Shell

Posted on November 14, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

Fascinated by #snailshells – I use black and ochre earth pigment … Laying the earth pigments on my sketch paper … #Fibonaccispirals coils and very satisfying lines.. #lifepatterns that I sketch with earth and ink, using a palm leaf pen… … Continue reading →

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