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National Culture Month, Zimbabwe 2025, “Celebrating Indigenous Voices”; a turning point for me into a wider Dance, Art, Rhythm, Music and Craft celebration in my art practice…

Posted on December 11, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

Zimbabwe’s 2025 National Culture Month, May 2025, under the theme “Celebrating Indigenous Voices” celebrated the country’s diverse cultural and linguistic heritage. Culture Month Launch at Rusununguko Clinic, Chiredzi, Zimbabwe, was the lowveld component of the nationwide events – particularly celebrating … Continue reading →

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A Material Practice; Art for Impact; an Earth, a Social, an Art Practice….

Posted on March 19, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

A MATERIAL PRACTICE A workshop on process with Ann Mary Gollifer and Mma Motsei Nkwemabala Facilitated by Dr. Tammy Hodgskiss, (curator at Wits Origins Centre) and Julie Taylor (Guns & Rain Gallery) November 2024 at Origins Centre, WITS University, Jozi. … Continue reading →

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Earth Pigments, Art of the Earth; Art for the Earth: EARTHART, Art with Heart…

Posted on March 16, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

My thoughts and art practice, Art of the Earth, for the Earth, in the Earth…. EARTHART, Art with Heart… Over the last few years in my art practice I have been digging into the earth, mining for information and delving … Continue reading →

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From the Earth, of the Earth; a gift of Art by Ann Gollifer

Posted on November 16, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

I enter the Origins Centre -the museum at Wits University, with great anticipation – carrying my Art Harare Art passport as a tangible memory in the making… An EXHIBITION is opening : “Hold me said the Earth” by Ann Gollifer, … 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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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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Dancing with my shadow, Dancing with my totem; Dancing alone….’

Posted on February 27, 2021 by wineandwilddogs

Dancing with my shadow, Dancing with my totem, Dancing alone….’ Painting by Lin Barrie… Dancing with my shadow, Dancing with my totem, Dancing alone is acrylic on canvas board, framed with Pod mahogany, size 4 x 3 feet. It was … Continue reading →

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World Lion Day in Celebration of a languid, lithe and lovely beast.

Posted on August 7, 2020 by wineandwilddogs

Musings on the languid, lithe and lovely beast that we call ‘Lion’ … Panthera leo, creature of fable and bible, myth and immediate powerful reality. My immediate and powerful reality. Here below is my sketch in honour of the great … Continue reading →

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Rembrandt@350 exhibition; Lin Barrie Art, Lions and Life Drawing!

Posted on September 14, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

Rembrandt@350 exhibition will be hosted by the Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands in Zimbabwe, and the National Galleries in Harare and Bulawayo.This year marks 350 years since the death of Rembrandt van Rijn, the most famous artist from … Continue reading →

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The Njuzu of the Save River; Mermaid or Myth…you decide, I know what I believe..

Posted on January 22, 2017 by wineandwilddogs

The Njuzu of the Save River , as told by Nzanza Sekai in his recent excellent article on the Save River and Birchenough Bridge, called “Celebrating Rain and the flooding of the Save River”… is a story long told by … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: initiation rites

From the Earth, of the Earth; a gift of Art by Ann Gollifer

Njuzu; a Blue Man, a Winged Waterman, takes flight at our Art Exhibition

World Lion Day in Celebration of a languid, lithe and lovely beast.

Rembrandt@350 exhibition; Lin Barrie Art, Lions and Life Drawing!

The Njuzu of the Save River; Mermaid or Myth…you decide, I know what I believe..

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