Category Archives: Ochre art

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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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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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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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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