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Burnt Offerings Collective at Cheuka Harare Art Fair (CHAF) 2025; LOOK! Take Notice….

My general report and thoughts on Cheuka Art Fair (CHAF), 2025 are in my associated blog, please do visit that and enjoy the read….. Burnt Offerings Collective at Cheuka Harare Art Fair (CHAF) February 2025…. After my attendance at FNB … Continue reading

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Take Note! Look! Cheuka Harare Art Fair (CHAF) 2025

Cheuka is a Shona word that refers to the observation or noticing of both tangible and intangible things that surround us. Look; the act of noticing, noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; Cheuka Harare Art … Continue reading

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

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

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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Of Art and Emigrants, of Creativity and Immigrants; Zimbabwe to the World, at home, and in the Diaspora…

Of Art – writing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, film, photography, theatre and music; Of Emigrants and Immigrants…Zimbabwe to the World, at home, and in the Diaspora.. #allthingsconnected is my mantra … it’s the tail end of 2024 and the beginnings … Continue reading

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Helen Lieros, my mentor and master artist: A Practice Underpinned by Persistence and Perseverance;

Read on- a wonderful article and great memories of Helen Lieros- here is “Sacrificial Goat, mixed media, by Helen – a formidable yet truly accessible artist- a legend indeed- by Tandazani Dhlakama… The late Helen Lieros occupied herself with advancing … Continue reading

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

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

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

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..

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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