Category Archives: Craftwork

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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Esther Mahlangu: hit painting, hip painting or hut painting!?

At Investec, my first up close view of an Esther Mahlangu artwork was a fiberglass pot painted in her studio, albeit signed by her. Used to the wonderful hand-built heavy clay pots of Gwayi and the finer earth- fired pots … Continue reading

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

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!

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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