Category Archives: ecosystem

Earth Ball, Moon Ball; Depending on your Point Of View

Posted on March 15, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

Earth Ball, Moon Ball; Dyed Fabric or Clouds; Print Cloth or Landscape; Depending on your Point Of View…. After the incredible Earth workshop last year with Ann Gollifer at Wits Museum, my mind is even more tuned to the circular, … Continue reading →

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Vote Goat at Investec 2025; The Artists’ General Election, (what if artists ran the world?)

Posted on February 20, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

What if artists ran the world?! Given the current topsy turvy world politics, a world of hotly debated elections, would-be elections, wars (verbal and actual), and tussles for power sweeping Africa, America, Europe and the middle east, what an apt … Continue reading →

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The Last Resort Reinvented; A repurposed Art Space and Dialogues on Humanity in Zimbabwe…..

Posted on February 19, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

Many years ago, Drifters Lodge near Mutare was built by Lyn and Ros Rogers. Nestled between four small green-clad mountains, it catered to drifters and backpackers, art and bridge clubs, friends, itinerants and more… Challenges and tragedies, triumphs and disasters, … Continue reading →

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The World in Miniature; The Power of Small Works….(or “Why is Small Art so Big right now?!”)

Posted on February 11, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

Small is smart!…. my life size yet tiny tiny snail shell paintings…. Lin Barrie, Giant Land Snail Shell, 1,2 and 3, (triptych), 2023, acrylic, charcoal and earth pigment on stretched canvas, each is 20 x 20 cm,  I believe that the … Continue reading →

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Lin Barrie | An Artist Who Sees Poetry and Feels Colour | Safari Culture

Posted on November 22, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

Lin Barrie | An Artist Who Sees Poetry and Feels Colour | Safari Culture — Read on http://www.safariculture.com/banner-story/lin-barrie-an-artist-who-sees-poetry-and-feels-colour/

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Of the Earth, Of Fire; Sketching a Giant African Land Snail Shell

Posted on November 14, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

Fascinated by #snailshells – I use black and ochre earth pigment … Laying the earth pigments on my sketch paper … #Fibonaccispirals coils and very satisfying lines.. #lifepatterns that I sketch with earth and ink, using a palm leaf pen… … Continue reading →

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Miombo Magic; Msasas and Flame Trees Embrace a New Art Space..

Posted on November 11, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

Miombo magic – a view forever at Miombo Lodge and Spa… In association with Bepa Gallery… an art exhibition…. Lomedy’s Fish face on the cover of the invite- run by Jo and Josefina, Bepa Gallery is showing five Zimbabwean artists … Continue reading →

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Sweet Embrace and True Joy; Flowers Celebrating My Child..

Posted on November 9, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

There are so many moods to a painting – and a floral painting is somehow always celebratory, light out of darkness, embracing hope and life; environment and nature… “Iceberg Roses, Sweet Embrace” is an impressionist painting I created with simple … Continue reading →

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Art with Impact; Collecting Art; Making a Difference…

Posted on October 20, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

This Capital Art blog on the various forms of #artinvestment #impactinvestment is insightful- so many ways to make a difference by collecting art!!! https://capitalart.co/art-with-impact-15-inspiring-examples/ features my work and the work of @oliviekeck – as examples of Supporting #WildlifeConservation Through Art … Continue reading →

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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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