Art from a Matebele

Welcome to Matebele Art

My inspiration comes from the beautiful bush veldt and the people of Matebeleland, a province of Zimbabwe. The colours I use are the rich tones so loved by the Ndebele people and used to decorate their clay pots and adobe huts, the theme is usually connected, albeit sometimes rather remotely, to my lovely home land, a land now missed and even mourned by so many of my fellow Zimbabweans who are now scattered to the four winds. But my work is intended to evoke pleasant emotions, not dark ones, so I hope you enjoy my work.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Some new paintings, European Theme

Italy, Coastal Village

An English Village

Entering an English Village

Somewhere in England

A Poets Cottage

All these paintings are available as signed prints; 20 x 16 inch £60.00 GBP unframed

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Some new paintings

Early morning on a beach at Lake Malawi, absolute bliss!!

Victoria Falls, the smoke that thunders!

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

African Potter at Work

Simple and colourful are the designs and the hands are the tools

Monday, July 19, 2010

English Cottage

Although I am inspired by the beauty of Africa, there are also beautiful places in other lands. Here is a cottage somewhere in the English countryside.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Victoria Falls

The great Victoria Falls on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, named Mosi o Tunya (The smoke that thunders) by the local people long before Livingstone set foot in Africa.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

An Hut in Matabeleland

From the earth and the veldt come the materials and colour that are used to build and make pots, and to decorate them, but sometimes modern colours may also be used

Saturday, July 10, 2010

A Waterfall in a Forest on a Mountain in Africa

Mountain forests are full of different shades of green