Category Archives: interior decor

Wallpapers Wow! Lin Barrie Art hits the walls……

Posted on December 14, 2019 by

Wallpapers are trending, resurfacing big time!….. Covering your wall with something powerful, something soft, something you, is always fun, and if they are abstract (landscape, wind, water and sky related), they are truly timeless, I think….whether you are traveling to … Continue reading →

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Classic Blue and Lin Barrie Art; Pantone Colour of the Year for 2020

Posted on December 13, 2019 by

thinking ahead for the New Year, 2020…. What a dreamy colour- Classic Blue is the Pantone Colour of the year for 2020…night skies, meditation and dreams abound! and it is a colour I love painting with, as you can see … Continue reading →

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Painting and Sketching in my Garden of Eden; But Winter is Coming…….

Posted on September 8, 2019 by

As an artist and as a naturalist, skulls skins and bones have always fascinated me. I love drawing the shapes of found natural objects and perhaps this harks back to the fact that I loved Biology as a scholar. The … Continue reading →

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Skulls and Flowers; Life and Death in the Garden of Eden

Posted on April 28, 2019 by

Skulls have always fascinated me, and bones; we start dying from the minute we are created, a natural process not to be feared but embraced, truly the stuff of LIFE…. I collect skulls from the wilderness, and they sit amongst … Continue reading →

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What do Wallpaper and Wild Dogs have in common… Lin Barrie Art!

Posted on April 28, 2019 by

My wallpapers and soft furnishings/fashion fabrics (art collaborations with Robin Sprong, Sarza Store, Fabric Bank and Photoganic), are inspiring additions to my passion for painting…this is “Eventide”, available through Robin Sprong as a wallpaper….. The Lin Barrie wallpaper range strangely … Continue reading →

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Mahove Tented camp; Big skies and Terrapins, Lions and Waterlilies

Posted on April 27, 2019 by

Across the still-high Save River by boat, and into the Park, past the parks reception and found skulls… this small warthog skull speaks to me, I love the funky shapes and moods of bone and skulls, and have just finished … Continue reading →

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Madikwe and Porcupines: African Wild Dogs and Lin Barrie Art

Posted on March 17, 2019 by

I have always wanted to visit Madikwe Game Reserve –  one of South Africa’s biggest wildlife sanctuaries, a Big Five Reserve with 66 mammal species, (including Wild dog populations, aka Painted wolves or Painted Dogs..my favorite painting subjects…) and approximately 300 … Continue reading →

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Jamie Oliver triumphs at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge; true wilderness on the edge of serenity, Christmas 2018

Posted on December 27, 2018 by

Jamie Oliver triumphs at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge!! We wait on the edge of true wilderness, Gonarezhou, for life giving rains that will fill our Save River, as in this photo from last year.. Meanwhile, we wish we had had … Continue reading →

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Gogo Olive Animals adorn my wire baobab Christmas Tree; Fierce Hunters adorn my mantelpiece and Hearth!

Posted on December 25, 2018 by

My beloved Wire Baobab Christmas Tree is made by local craftsmen, and I use it every year in my African bush house, standing in front of our huge fireplace…​​ This year I have used extra special Gogo Olive knitted animals…. … Continue reading →

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Bringing the Outside In; Greenery and landscape inspires me this month…

Posted on May 18, 2017 by

Bringing the outside in…my paintings currently are reflecting the landscapes around me, pulling the feeling of being outdoors inside… and I am tickled that current decor trends embrace this greenery theme…Strelitzias being very prominent! We have seen water water everywhere … Continue reading →

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