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Category Archives: birding
The African BirdFair; A Feast of Birds and Art…
Covid and lockdown does not stop birding! Birds still fly, wings still beat…. I still sketch and paint, and birders take flight onto the internet airwaves, going virtual! Rooting around cyberspace clues, digging into virtual exhibitions and online zoom chats … Continue reading →
Posted in abstract art, adventure travel, Africa, africa, African Safari, african wildlife, art, art exhibition, art video, bio diversity, birding, Birdlife South Africa, Birdlife Zimbabwe, birds, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, chilojo cliffs, citizen science, conservation education, Corona Virus, Covid, Covid 19, culture, dance, drawing, eco-tourism, ecosystem, endangered, fire, gonarezhou national park, Harare, landscape, Life Drawing, Lin Barrie Art, moonrise, mopani trees, moths, night Sky, owls, paintings, pandemic, predators, Save Valley Conservancy, Senuko, virtual art exhibition, waterbirds, wetlands, wilderness, zimbabwe, Zimbabwean Artist
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Tagged acrylic, alluvial, art, beaks, bee eater, birding, Birdlife, Birdlife South Africa, Birdlife Zimbabwe, birds, canvas, carmine bee eater, Covid, covid19, culture, daryl Nero, diamonds, eco-system, egret, endangered species, flight, full moon, garden, Gonarezhou National Park, guinea fowl, habitat, hornbill, Lin Barrie Art, lockdown, Mine dumps, msasa, Mukuvisi Woodland, nightjar, owl, parrot, Save Valley Conservancy, sea, seashore, suburban garden, virtualexhibition, water, waterbirds, wetlands, wings
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Lin Barrie Catalogue, Bird Art
Lin Barrie Catalogue, Bird Art Brown necked parrots, oil on canvas, framed/glassed, 61 x70 cm Brown necked parrots, (Cape or Grey headed Parrots), pencil on paper, A2 Carmine season, acrylic on stretched canvas, 90 x 90 cm Corvus sketch, … Continue reading →
Posted in Africa, africa, African Safari, african wildlife, art, art exhibition, birding, Birdlife South Africa, Birdlife Zimbabwe, birds, citizen science, conservation, conservation education, conservation publication, eco-tourism, ecosystem, education, endangered, endangered species, environment, Environment Africa, Life Drawing, Lin Barrie Art, Uncategorized, virtual art exhibition, waterbirds, wilderness, wildlife trade, zimbabwe
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Tagged africa, Artist Zimbabwean, bee eater, birds, ecosystem, egret, endangered, ground hornbill, heron, hornbill, nightjar, owl, pennant, south africa, vulture, zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Bird
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Magical Mukuvisi; Moon and Nightjars
Magical Mukuvisi ….. A memory from my childhood….by Lin Barrie I am the child that wakes scared in the night, seeing a robber’s shadow always in the same position, his hooked nose defined by the handle of my half open … Continue reading →
Posted in abstract art, adventure travel, Africa, africa, African child, African flora, African Safari, african trees, african wildlife, arid areas, art, beauty, bio diversity, birding, Birdlife Zimbabwe, birds, childrens art, conservation, dance, drawing, dreams, eco-tourism, ecosystem, environment, fairytale, family, full moon, Harare, landscape, Lin Barrie Art, miombo, moonrise, moths, Mukuvisi Woodland, paintings, Save River, trees, zimbabwe
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Tagged art, ArtbyLinbarrie, artist, baobabs, biology, birding, Birdlife Zimbabwe, birds, childhood, childhood memories, dance, dungbeetles, earth, environment, fairytale, Fish, flight, full moon, full moon rising, hiking, insects, kite, kites, memories, moon, moths, msasa trees, Mukuvisi Woodlands, nature, naturewalk, night Sky, nightjars, painting, Palette knife, pennant winged nightjar, pennants, pleinair, sandveld, science, sketches, surreal, synergies, trees, Walking, web of life, whales, wilderness, woodlands, zimbabwe, Zimbabwean Artist
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Coconut Palms and Rambutans; Abstract Paintings and Thai Sunsets in the Andaman Sea…..
“For our Thai beach holiday, (which was planned to co-ordinate a family holiday with a friends’ wedding), we were delighted and lucky to use Travel Portfolio…I cannot fault the initial itinerary options and efficient friendly feedback that we received from … Continue reading →
Posted in abstract art, adventure travel, aeroplane, Andaman Sea, art, beauty, bio diversity, birding, birds, cooking, crafts, culture, destination wedding, edible plant, elephants, exotic wedding, family, Fish, fishing, flowers, food, food culture, full moon, gardens, gardens and flowers, insects, landscape, Lin Barrie Art, make up, make up artist, molluscs, photography, plankton, predators, re-cycled products, Sabi Stars, sculpture, sketching, slow food, spa, Thai Food, thailand, tradition, travel, turtles, waterbirds, wedding
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Tagged Andaman Sea, bridesmaids, Chef, durian, exotic fruit, fruit, KoPhiPhi, longboat, ocean, Phuket, rambutan, sand, sun, thai, Thai Food, wedding cake, Zimbabwean chef
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Mahove Tented camp; Big skies and Terrapins, Lions and Waterlilies
Across the still-high Save River by boat, and into the Park, past the parks reception and found skulls… this small warthog skull speaks to me, I love the funky shapes and moods of bone and skulls, and have just finished … Continue reading →
Posted in abstract art, adventure travel, Africa, africa, African child, African flora, African Safari, African wild dogs, african wildlife, arid areas, art, baobab, beauty, bio diversity, birding, bush camps, Changana people, Chilo Gorge, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, clive stockil, community conservation, conservation, conservation news, cooking, culture, eco-tourism, education, elephants, endangered species, fire, flowers, Gonarezhou Conservation Trust, gonarezhou national park, great limpopo transfrontier conservation Area, interior decor, interior design, landscape, leopards, Lin Barrie Art, lions, lowveld, Machangana culture, mopani trees, Painted Dogs, painted wolves, photography, Poaching, predators, prey, pups, Rainy. Season, reptiles, Rivers, runde river, safari guide, SAVE, Save River, serenity, travel, waterbirds, wild dogs, wilderness, wolves, zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Parks
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Tagged A Celebration of Painted Wolves 2015, africa, African wild dogs, big sky, bushman, camping, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, Clive Stockil, Garth Thompson, Gonarezhou National Park, landscape, Mahove Camp, predators, prey, professional guide, river, runde river, save river, sunrise, sunset, tented camp, wilderness, zimbabwe, zimbabwe tourism
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Kgalagadi safari; Jackals and Lions; Meerkats and Flowers…
Continuing our Safari, our Adventure!….(please bear with me … many more photos are to be added in the next few weeks, but I am going offline to my bush house for a while…meanwhile I have also created a blog on … Continue reading →
Posted in abstract art, adventure travel, Africa, africa, African flora, African Safari, African wild dogs, african wildlife, arid areas, art, art exhibition, beauty, bio diversity, birding, birds, books, botswana, bush camps, clive stockil, community conservation, conservation, conservation publication, cooking, culture, Desert, dogs, eco-tourism, elephants, endangered species, family, fire, flowers, food, gardens, insects, kalahari, kgalagadi, Lin Barrie Art, Lin Barrie publication, lions, love, Northern Cape, owls, Painted Dogs, Painted Wolf Wines, painted wolves, Pangolin, photography, poison, predators, prey, Rainy. Season, reptiles, Rivers, safari, serenity, Snakes, tradition, travel, Uncategorized, wild dogs, wilderness, wine, wines
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Tagged 4 x 4, adventure, africa, african wild cat, animals, art, art inspiration, aub river, babies, barking gecko, beetles, big sky, birds, blackthorn acacia, botswana, camping, cape fox, clouds, Desert, eco-system, first rain, food, friends, gecko, Giraffe, good friends, grass, grey acacia, Gus Mills, Kalahari Lodge, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Mabuasehube, meerkat, mouse, nests, nossob, oryx, owls, photography, red hartebeeste, rescue, riverbed, Roger Brown, safari, Safari lodge, sand dunes, semi arid, sunrise, sunset, teamwork, thorns, tortoises, waterhole, wildebeeste, wine
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Upington on the Orange River; Vineyards and Sultanas…
Continuing our journey from Madikwe towards the Kgalagadi Trandfrontier Park, the nights of Sunday 27th and Monday 28th January are spent at an oasis in the Northern Cape desert! Martiens Place is an air bnb cottage, on Martien’s family land, … Continue reading →
Posted in adventure travel, Africa, African flora, African Safari, african wildlife, art, bio diversity, birding, birds, boutique hotels, cooking, culture, Desert, eco-tourism, edible plant, fire, flowers, food, food culture, gardens, gardens and flowers, grapes, landscape, Madikwe, Northern Cape, Rivers, safari, travel, Uncategorized, wilderness, wine tasting, wines
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Tagged africa, animals, arid landscape, art, Augrabies Falls, Bezalel Estate, Cape sparrow, Clive Stockil, cooking, culture, Desert, dwarves, eco-tourism, environment, flowers, food, gardens, grapes, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, landscape, Lin Barrie Art, Martien's Place, nature, Northern Cape, Orange River, Port, Quiver tree, Rain, Sultans, travel, Upington, Vineyards, wildlife, wine, wine barrels, wine tasting
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Madikwe and Porcupines: African Wild Dogs and Lin Barrie Art
I have always wanted to visit Madikwe Game Reserve – one of South Africa’s biggest wildlife sanctuaries, a Big Five Reserve with 66 mammal species, (including Wild dog populations, aka Painted wolves or Painted Dogs..my favorite painting subjects…) and approximately 300 … Continue reading →
Posted in abstract art, adventure travel, Africa, African flora, African Safari, African wild dogs, african wildlife, amphibians, animal rights, anti poaching, art, art collaboration, art exhibition, beauty, bio diversity, birding, boutique hotels, bush camps, clive stockil, conservation, cooking, dogs, eco-tourism, elephants, endangered species, food, interior decor, interior design, landscape, lions, Madikwe, Painted Dogs, painted Dogs, Painted Wolf Foundation, Painted Wolf Wines, painted wolves, predators, prey, rhinos, safari, travel, wild dogs, wine, wolves
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Tagged africa, african wild dog, African wild dogs, animals, art, Clive Stockil, conservation, conservation nation, cooking, culture, eco-tourism, elephants, environment, fine dining, flowers, food, good food, gorgeous photo, landscape, Lin Barrie Art, Madikwe, madikwe hills game lodge, nature, Painted Wolf Wines, photography, poaching, porcupine, rhinos, safari, sunrises, sunsets, travel, wild dogs, wildlife, wine
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sweet/bitter: senuko seasons past and yet to come
Watch out! Many gorgeous flowers such as my Adenium swazicum, harbour a resident crab spider, cute but deadly…(if you are the size of a fly)… Bitter Sweet reminisces… Our year past, 2017, at our bush house, Tsavene, has been one … Continue reading →
Posted in adventure travel, Africa, African child, African flora, African wild dogs, african wildlife conservation fund, anti poaching, art, baobab, beauty, bio diversity, birding, birds, Black rhinos, bush camps, childrens art, christmas, clive stockil, conservation, cooking, dogs, Econet, edible plant, elephants, endangered species, family, flowers, food, gardens, gardens and flowers, home grown food, homegrown, insects, landscape, Lin Barrie Art, love, lowveld, make up artist, music, organic slow food, Painted Dogs, painted Dogs, Painted Wolf Wines, painted wolves, photography, Poaching, Rainy. Season, reptiles, rhinos, Sabi Stars, safari, Save Valley Conservancy, Senuko, serenity, slow food, spiders, taste, Uncategorized, wild dogs, wilderness, wildlife trade, wine, wood sculpture, zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Parks
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Tagged africa, african wild dog, African Wildlife Conservation Fund, animals, art, baobab, Bits n Pieces, Bud Cockcroft, Bud Cockcroft musician, Clive Stockil, conservation, cooking, coup, eco-tourism, elephants, environment, family, flowers, food, gardens, grandchildren, Kelli Barker, landscape, Lin Barrie Art, music, nature, New Dawn, new start, Painted Wolf Wines, photography, rhinos, safari, Save Valley Conservancy, Senuko, sunrise, Sunrise in Zimbabwe, tourism, travel, Tsvaene, wild dogs, wildlife, wine, zimbabwe
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Sandforest in the wet season; Millipedes and butterflies at Mahenye
A wet season wonderland awaits in the sandforest of Mahenye…life in the raw, strange and wonderful, beautiful and fierce…from the gorgeous wild hibiscus in the sand forest near Chilo, admired by Rich Thornycroft…. to the frantic millipede desperately trying to escape … Continue reading →
Posted in adventure travel, Africa, African flora, African Safari, african wildlife, baobab, beauty, bees, bio diversity, birding, Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, clive stockil, community conservation, culture, eco-tourism, edible plant, great limpopo transfrontier conservation Area, Honey gatherers, insects, landscape, lowveld, predators, Rainy. Season, safari, Shangaana people, spiders, tradition, Uncategorized, wilderness, zimbabwe
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Tagged africa, ancient tree, baobab, beetles, butterflies, ChiloGorgeSafariLodge, honey, honey gatherers, Mahenye, millipedes, new start, Nyala Berry Tree, sandforest, Wet Season, zimbabwe
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