Category Archives: tradition

The Owl and the birds; and other Zimbabwean bird stories

Posted on February 12, 2023 by wineandwilddogs

Birds Flight Wings and Feathers- I have submitted an assemblage draped canvas artwork to the national gallery of Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe Visual Arts Awards annual show, titled “A Kite with a Broken String has all the Sky” With a play … Continue reading →

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Freedom – gallery delta

Posted on October 21, 2021 by wineandwilddogs

Freedom – gallery delta — Read on gallerydelta.com/exhibition/freedom/

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Winged Victory; Beyond Beyoncé

Posted on July 26, 2021 by wineandwilddogs

My work on Nike, the winged Greek goddess of Victory- Constantly sketching and musing over the power of this image…. here I am working on canvas with my own handmade mopani hardwood charcoal …. Nike, who is celebrated in the … 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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Endangered Landscapes – Earthscapes, Skyscapes; Wildscapes, Mindscapes…

Posted on January 29, 2021 by wineandwilddogs

Endangered Landscapes – Earthscapes, Skyscapes; Wildscapes, Mindscapes… As an artist and conservationist, living in Zimbabwe, Africa, but having traveled much of the world, my passion is looking at details of the landscape around me, trees; flowers; weather patterns; wildlife; domestic … Continue reading →

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Think Social, Think Survival; Be Gentle……..

Posted on January 5, 2021 by wineandwilddogs

This New Year of 2021, I have something to hang straightaway on your wall…especially for you during stay at home lockdowns… energize your space! My art collaboration, with make up artist Kelli Barker … (photography by DaXiOn and Lin Barrie), … Continue reading →

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Will the Sun Rise Again Post Covid?!; Lin Barrie, “Hands on Hearts”, acrylic painting on canvas, at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, 2020

Posted on December 20, 2020 by wineandwilddogs

In 2020 a global disaster struck, as the virus Covid 19 rapidly became top of the news and top of human concerns worldwide.. here is part of my larger painting, portraying a hand on heart greeting, common to the Changana … Continue reading →

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Body Art is Energy; Canvas Art is depth…..Beating Covid

Posted on September 13, 2020 by wineandwilddogs

Kelli Barker Body Art and Make Up and Lin Barrie Art in a collaboration, beating Covid!! The inspiration behind this collaboration between myself and Kelli, for a photoshoot with Daxion Photography started with my acrylic painting called “Energy”… My original … 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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Marhumbini Mission in Gonarezhou; Education and Elephants!

Posted on November 12, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

Marhumbini Mission, by Clive Stockil, Lin Barrie and Mr. Lyson Masango, with Chilo guides John, Tor and Jasper….. Insights to the history of the Marhumbini Mission and those that occupied this remote location, close to the Mozambique border in the … Continue reading →

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