Tag Archives: Lin Barrie Art

Balance for Better: Art, re-designing the Woman’s Space….

Posted on April 5, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

“Balance for Better: Redesigning the Woman’s Space” opened at the Zimbabwe National Gallery last night. I was thrilled to be able to attend;“Thank you National Gallery of Zimbabwe and team for a tight and well-curated art #exhibition , thought-provoking dance and theatre, stimulating company- … Continue reading →

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Cyclone Idai hits Zimbabwe; Save River in Full Spate at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge

Posted on March 19, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

A day spent at Chipinda Pools Tented Camp on the tranquil Runde River, sketching and meeting fellow conservationists and safari operators, (little do I know that this is the lull before the storm….) Inspired by the riverine vegetation and by … 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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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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Lin and Clive, Art and Conservation!

Posted on September 2, 2018 by wineandwilddogs

In the south  east of Zimbabwe, Africa, lies the Save Valley Conservancy, (SVC), a wildlife reserve of nearly one million acres. A semi-arid wilderness of spectacular granite kopjies, golden savannah, ancient leadwood forests and monolithic baobab trees, this tantalizing territory … Continue reading →

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“wild dogs”; what’s in a name?…a rose by any other name would smell as sweet…

Posted on April 30, 2018 by wineandwilddogs

The debate: what to call African wild dogs, (if not just that….!) We are honoured to have viable packs of Lycaon pictus, (African wild dogs, aka Painted Wolves, aka Painted Dogs), in Zimbabwe. Although generally endangered over Africa, they are … Continue reading →

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sweet/bitter: senuko seasons past and yet to come

Posted on January 10, 2018 by wineandwilddogs

Watch out! Many gorgeous flowers such as my Adenium swazicum, harbour a resident crab spider, cute but deadly…(if you are the size of a fly)… Bitter Sweet reminisces… Our year past, 2017, at our bush house, Tsavene, has been one … Continue reading →

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Elephants and orphans, Painted and Real…

Posted on September 9, 2017 by wineandwilddogs

I am tickled to have been part for a “One by One” initiative with Kikis Gallery, for elephant awareness….painting three dimensions is fun and inspiring, especially when painting a baby elephant! John Kotze, fellow artist, produced this funky elephant who … Continue reading →

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Miombo Woodlands inspire colour and drama….

Posted on July 21, 2017 by wineandwilddogs

Our unique Miombo Woodlands inspire my art at this time of year as we head into our Zimbabwean spring colours… Msasa leaves will soon burst forth in all the deep warm tones of a Northern hemisphere fall! Interspersed with splashes … Continue reading →

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