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Road trips filled with ART, flowers, family, friends, farming and even more art; travelling Chilo, Chimanimani, Chitungwiza and so many places in-between, as we reminisce on the last six months of 2025.

Posted on December 25, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

As a family we have a lot of ups and downs in the last part of 2025, as have all families, but in this blog I dwell on the positives – looking forward always!!! Our family plot (Kaya Nyala) at … Continue reading →

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Creation in an interior, my abstract wallpaper at Decorex Africa

Posted on June 7, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

http://www.instagram.com/reel/C76nYPMKCY2/ Robin Sprong and Km Williams at Decorex Africa… “Creation” is a small abstract painting of mine.. and I am delighted to see the @kim_williams_design @Decorex Africa stand featuring it as #abstract #wallpaper called #Creation in large scale with @robinsprongwallpapers … Continue reading →

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Before the Investec Art Fair; exploring galleries…

Posted on February 15, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

Cape Town Conference Centre -focus on Investec art fair and so much more to add to the bigger picture, the culture of Africa… Off the plane from Harare and to the waterfront to browse the crowds.. too much for me … Continue reading →

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Magical Madikwe meets my Wild Dog Art

Posted on January 18, 2023 by wineandwilddogs

The superb Madikwe Hills Private Game Lodge in South Africa is home to a diverse flora and fauna, including fascinating African wild dogs, and home to some of my wild dog art… This large oil painting of mine is a … Continue reading →

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Wallpapers Wow! Lin Barrie Art hits the walls……

Posted on December 14, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

Wallpapers are trending, resurfacing big time!….. Covering your wall with something powerful, something soft, something you, is always fun, and if they are abstract (landscape, wind, water and sky related), they are truly timeless, I think….whether you are traveling to … Continue reading →

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Upington on the Orange River; Vineyards and Sultanas…

Posted on March 19, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

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 →

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Madikwe and Porcupines: African Wild Dogs and Lin Barrie Art

Posted on March 17, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

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 →

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Bringing the Outside In; Greenery and landscape inspires me this month…

Posted on May 18, 2017 by wineandwilddogs

Bringing the outside in…my paintings currently are reflecting the landscapes around me, pulling the feeling of being outdoors inside… and I am tickled that current decor trends embrace this greenery theme…Strelitzias being very prominent! We have seen water water everywhere … Continue reading →

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Deeper, and deeper, into Africa!

Posted on May 2, 2016 by wineandwilddogs

The HAC Caravan lifts effortlessly and we wing our way over the neat cluster of high rise buildings that puncture Harare’s CBD, surrounded in the south by sprawling fast growing hi-density suburbia- row upon row of little box houses standing … Continue reading →

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Lin Barrie Art -inspired by Florida and Texas…abstract landscapes and waterworlds…

Posted on December 30, 2015 by wineandwilddogs

My years of traveling have led me from painting in Africa to painting other fascinating landscapes, wildlife, cultures and people. Some of my favorite places being  the watery worlds of South Carolina for White Pelicans, the Texas coastline for seagulls….. … Continue reading →

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