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

Posted on October 11, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

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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Guns & Rain; History and Art in the making…

Posted on October 1, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

With a name inspired by a fascinating and potently layered history/culture book, “Guns & Rain, Guerillas and Spirit Mediums in Zimbabwe” by David Lan, this just-as-potent little gallery, now ten years old, has grown steadily under the directorship of founder … Continue reading →

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Art and Inspiration; Jozi Juxtapositions…

Posted on September 7, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

#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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Xibelani -wonderful word for a vibrant cultural fabric tradition…

Posted on September 5, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

Xibelani is a vibrant and colorful fabric that is popularly worn by the Tsonga women of South Africa. It is a type of traditional attire that has been worn for generations and has become an integral part of Tsonga culture. … Continue reading →

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Dancing skirts and cellphones; beads and hut paintings

Posted on May 1, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

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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As one door closes, another door opens; Finnisage, Vernisage

Posted on January 5, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

As one door closes, another door opens; Finnisage, Vernissage…2023 A double art event at Emagumeni Cultural Ventre and Pikicha Gallery in Harare! At the closing of our group exhibition ‘Burnt Offerings’ Johnson Zuze, Kelli Barker and I celebrated also the … Continue reading →

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Art Student Assignment; Apt Art Questions; Rivers Beads and Baobabs; All Things Connected!

Posted on July 27, 2023 by wineandwilddogs

My colour choice in both paintings is reflective of the bright and often pink-tinged skies in our Zimbabwean landscape- and apart from this being an exquisite sunrise/sunset landscape colour, it is a creative and vibrant colour to express movement and emotion Continue reading →

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Snare Wire and Snail Shells; Conservation and Culture meets Art….

Posted on June 14, 2023 by wineandwilddogs

“Burnt Offerings; Re-Invention; Taking Flight.” Lin Barrie Johnson Zuze Kelli Barker Our art exhibition opened very well supported and is on view at Pikicha Gallery every weekday till the end of July- then will be ongoing on line. A powerful art … Continue reading →

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I bless the rains down in Africa; Baobabs, Beauty and Baubles in Zimbabwe; 

Posted on November 16, 2021 by wineandwilddogs

Travellers and residents of Africa, we are all familiar with the iconic ‘upside down tree”, the iconic baobab of Africa which stands much of the year bare and sculptural against the clear winter sky in Zimbabwe. Its branches twist and … Continue reading →

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Endangered Landscapes – Earthscapes, Skyscapes; Wildscapes, Mindscapes…

Posted on January 29, 2021 by wineandwilddogs

Endangered Landscapes – Earthscapes, Skyscapes; Wildscapes, Mindscapes… As an artist and conservationist, living in Zimbabwe, Africa, but having traveled much of the world, my passion is looking at details of the landscape around me, trees; flowers; weather patterns; wildlife; domestic … Continue reading →

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