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Aldo Leopold shot a wolf and it changed his life; I live with Painted Wolves and it has changed my life….

Posted on January 15, 2021 by wineandwilddogs

Aldo Leopold inspires my thoughts: Sometimes you need to lose something to realize how precious it is… as in his comment on shooting a she-wolf in his hunting days…. “We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire … Continue reading →

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Lin Barrie Catalogue, Bird Art

Posted on August 13, 2020 by wineandwilddogs

Lin Barrie Catalogue, Bird Art   Brown necked parrots, oil on canvas, framed/glassed, 61 x70 cm  Brown necked parrots, (Cape or Grey headed Parrots), pencil on paper, A2 Carmine season, acrylic on stretched canvas, 90 x 90 cm Corvus sketch, … Continue reading →

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Skyscapes, mindscapes and byscapes; The stuff I dream into……

Posted on December 15, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

In all my travels and wandering there is one constant, one inspiration… The all encompassing sky above me……. I’ve looked at clouds From both sides now…… From Up and Down….. And still somehow It’s clouds illusions I recall.…. I really … 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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Mahove Tented camp; Big skies and Terrapins, Lions and Waterlilies

Posted on April 27, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

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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Kgalagadi safari; Jackals and Lions; Meerkats and Flowers…

Posted on March 19, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

Continuing our Safari, our Adventure!….(please bear with me … many more photos are to be added in the next few weeks, but I am going offline to my bush house for a while…meanwhile I have also created a blog on … Continue reading →

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Upington on the Orange River; Vineyards and Sultanas…

Posted on March 19, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

Continuing our journey from Madikwe towards the Kgalagadi Trandfrontier Park, the nights of Sunday 27th and  Monday 28th January are spent  at an oasis in the Northern Cape desert! Martiens Place is an air bnb cottage, on Martien’s family land, … Continue reading →

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Madikwe and Porcupines: African Wild Dogs and Lin Barrie Art

Posted on March 17, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

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

Posted on December 25, 2018 by wineandwilddogs

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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Painted Wolf Pups in the Save Valley Conservancy

Posted on November 27, 2018 by wineandwilddogs

The Mbungo pack of “Painted Wolves” (as BBC’s David Attenborough and Painted Wolf Wines would call them!) June 2018 A  den in Deep mopani  woodland on senuko- camera traps have shown a pair of lions investigating and digging at the … Continue reading →

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