Category Archives: bereavement

Forever Young, Always Present; the Eternal Embrace of the Chilojo Cliffs and Gonarezhou…

Posted on August 4, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

Friday 25th July, the beginning of Kelli’s birthday weekend at Kaya Nyala, and we set off on a full day Chilojo Cliffs expedition. Celebrating birthdays and also celebrating lost loved ones.. beginnings and endings…. cycles and circles of life… Driving … Continue reading →

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Helen Lieros, my mentor and master artist: A Practice Underpinned by Persistence and Perseverance;

Posted on December 9, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

Read on- a wonderful article and great memories of Helen Lieros- here is “Sacrificial Goat, mixed media, by Helen – a formidable yet truly accessible artist- a legend indeed- by Tandazani Dhlakama… The late Helen Lieros occupied herself with advancing … Continue reading →

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Roses for Remembrance; Love and Loss….

Posted on July 6, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

Roses for Remembrance; Love and Loss….Nature’s Palette from our artists’ brushes and palette knives… Surrounded as I am by African wilderness, gardening with and painting indigenous African plants in the majority of my working days, and as much as I … Continue reading →

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A self portrait at midnight in the garden of good and evil; malaria muti, lion love, hot chocolate, hope and reminiscence…

Posted on June 28, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

I took my last dose of malaria muti last night, a process, getting better but could not sleep, many thoughts and memories rolling inside my head: bittersweet lost times with old friends, some evil times… hopeful new times with old … Continue reading →

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What Inspires an Artwork? I Muse as I Embrace Equity….

Posted on August 21, 2023 by wineandwilddogs

What is best for meaningful art creation? What comes first, the theme, the idea, an art commission…. or the actual act of merely putting charcoal to paper or brush to canvas, and creating as you go….? Continue reading →

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