Some new paintings

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

Victoria Falls, the smoke that thunders!

African Potter at Work

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

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.

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.

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

A Waterfall in a Forest on a Mountain in Africa

Mountain forests are full of different shades of green

Rural Peace in Zimbabwe by Grant Norvall

Along quiet country roads far from the cities are found many such scenes (18" x 14")

A Rural Dance by Grant Norvall

The Matabele make their own entertainment where there is no electricity (20" x 16")

Mother and Child, Kenya by Grant Norvall

The bond of a mother and child is special (20" x 16")

Bush Loco by Grant Norvall

A locomotive on its way to Hwange in Zimbabwe. Enthusiasts still travel to this remote town to shovel coal on their holidays! (20" x 16")

Golden Sunset on Lake Malawi by Grant Norvall

African sunsets can be spectacular.....often (20" x 16")

Namib Grasslands by Grant Norvall

The rains in Africa are always welcome; here in the Namib, the grass has had life giving water from the heavens (20" x 16")

Mozambican Rural Home

A home in rural Tete Province, Mozambique is all but deserted because most of the family have gone to the cities to get jobs (11.5" x 8")

Fishermen on Lake Malawi in Traditional Dug out Canoes by Grant Norvall

Lake Malawi, Fishermen pull in their nets (20" x 16")

A Rural Matabele Home by Grant Norvall

Such scenes are common in rural Matabeleland where bicycles are the main mode of transport and people think nothing of travelling hundreds of miles. Homes along the way are open to travellers and they will stay overnight and continue the journey the next day (20" x 16")

Lake Malawi Traditional Fishing Village Scene by Grant Norvall

Cape Maclear, Lake Malawi. A traditional fishing village comes to life. The men have been out in the boats all night and have gone home to sleep while their wives and children prepare for the day ahead. Typically, the people dress in brightly coloured clothes and the boats, also nice and bright, are repainted often and kept clean and well maintained. (20" x 16")

A Lakeside Home by Grant Norvall

Such beautiful visions can be found all over the world. This is an old colonial house in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland Province shortly before the first rains of the season when brilliant new leaf colours the landscape a multitude of colours (20" x 16")

Peaceful brook by Grant Norvall

Serenity: Places like this can be found during the rainy season in semi desert settings, this is a stream that only runs when it rains and is dry for most of the year (20" x 16")