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

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…

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

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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Miombo Magic; Msasas and Flame Trees Embrace a New Art Space..

Miombo magic – a view forever at Miombo Lodge and Spa… In association with Bepa Gallery… an art exhibition…. Lomedy’s Fish face on the cover of the invite- run by Jo and Josefina, Bepa Gallery is showing five Zimbabwean artists … Continue reading

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The Power of Printmaking; Art and Children at the National Gallery

At the Zimbabwe National Gallery in November I arrive in harare and head to deliver chosen paintings from myself and Kelli Barker for the miniatures exhibition due to open early 2025.. under the sea… a sneak taste from Kelli Barker… … Continue reading

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Dancing with my Shadow; An Elephant in the Room and the Budula Festival…

When I am not at my Harare art studio, I live with my partner Clive Stockil, in the south East of Zimbabwe at Mahenye Village, adjacent to Gonarezhou National Park, (near Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge and Jamanda Community Wilderness Area) … Continue reading

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Art and Inspiration; Jozi Juxtapositions…

#CULTURE #CITY #NOW September 2024 and it’s the FNB Art fair in Jozi- that melting pot of art creativity culture food that is the cornerstone, the crucible, the powerhouse, of Southern Africa. As a professional practicing artist, and as an … Continue reading

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Palm Passion; Art, Nature and Poetry

My latest painting is inspired by the indigenous, hardy Phoenix reclinata palms, (false date palms), that grow in abundance naturally in Zimbabwe, found framing the sky along the great Zambezi, Limpopo and Save Rivers and smaller riverways and springs. Cultivated … Continue reading

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Dancing skirts and cellphones; beads and hut paintings

my art beading works and inspirations… Hundreds of years of trade by Indian and Arab dhow, up and down the east coast of Africa and generally across the Indian ocean, are reflected in the love of glass seed beads, traded … Continue reading

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Tantalizing Textures; African Art

Note: all photographs are my own, unless otherwise stated. Heading to the art fair Thursday 15th February- my handpainted Muslin scarf and my Design//Life tote bag ready for action! I had painted marks onto a piece of fabric with my … Continue reading

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