Category Archives: eco-tourism

Red Earth, Red Wine; Pangolin Protection…

Posted on July 14, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

My passion for Art, Community and Conservation, my long and happy association with Tusk Trust and Painted Wolf Wines, has borne the fruit of many fundraising events, and this is the latest… Together with many other artists, I have contributed … 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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Nudibranchs meet my paintbrush; They dance and swirl like miniature Sega Dancers….

Posted on May 4, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

Stunning photos and facts on a a great adventure blog by – I love painting these gorgeous #Nudibranchs /aka #seaslugs, such as these ones I painted in #Mauritius, hence the name sega sea slug, as it ‘dances’ through the water … 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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Mud Journal; Earthy Art Interview!

Posted on January 27, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

I’m of the earth, an artist of african landscapes, impressionist art, celebrating biodiversity and culture in Zimbabwe- so this interview with Mud Journal was elemental! Thank you Alex Gwaze and Zaza Muchemwa for publishing such insightful and diverse interviews, sharing … Continue reading →

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Zimbabwean rain and Tanganda tea; an African storm in a hot teacup..

Posted on January 11, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

An African afternoon storm in a hot teacup … heat light dust rain wind noise and the scent of wet earth wafting..I lie abed and drink my Tanganda tea as I dreamily watch the panorama from my wide windows. Reminds … 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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Njuzu; a Blue Man, a Winged Waterman, takes flight at our Art Exhibition

Posted on June 11, 2023 by wineandwilddogs

Njuzu, Shona/xangana winged water spirit, or Egyptian god resurrected? – our “Blue Man”, interpreted by Zimbabwean master wire Artist Johnson Zuze Continue reading →

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