African Colours
Africa is full of colour and life. The people, nature and wildlife of Africa, and in in particular East Africa where I grew up, are a never ending source of inspiration. In my work I try to capture the glorious colour palette of that amazing continent.
On the dhow
Watercolour
27cm x 37 cm
The sailor on the dhow is unaware of the effect. of his kitenges. One day I will paint an acrylic with these wonderful colours..
Before the storm
Acrylic on canvas
50cm x 100 cm
The KasKazi is a monsoon that can strike out of a clear blue sky. The fishermen rush to get hme in their 'Ngalawa'
Flirt
Acrylic
50 x 50 cm
This rhino is seriously wooing the lady on the right! The rhino is an endangered specie. I hopw he conquers her.
The Telling
Acrylic Collage
40 x 40 cm
I luse original fabric and beads in a collage. The woman is not pleased with the reading by the healer.
Masaai my brother
Acrylic Collage
40 x 40 cm
Fabrics can tell a story too. Kitenges and a kikoy and handmade sandals from car tyres..
Lodundukwe Conversation
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 50 cm
A very long road in Northern Kenya will bring you to Lodundukwe, the last town befor the Matthews rage.
Straw Hat
Watercolour
37 x 27 cm
This old fellow is teaching the boy how to herd his goats in the Rift Valley near Ngorongoro..
Ngorongoro Crater
Crown Bird
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 60 cm
The Crown Bird is the elegant symbol representing Tanganyika. My home country.
Shaba Gerenuk
Acrylic on canvas 50x60cm
Shaba is the loveliest game park in Kenya. Ol Donyo Lenkii where God lives in the distance.
Sheldrick Falls Mantis
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 100 cm
A Praying Mantis is almost invisible in the lush greenery at Sheldrick Falls.
Skye Diver
Acrylic on Canvas
90 x 120 cm
A Red Kite soars over the Isle of Skye -
Swahili Generation Gap
Acrylic Collage
30 x 30 cm
Mother and daughter disagree on her future
Namna Gani? How did it happen?
Acrylic Collage
60 x 60 cm
.Fabrics of Zanzibar lend themselves to a painting, and help to tell a story
Zanzibar Dhows
Watercolour on Bristol Board
20 x 50 cm
I hired many, many dhows for a short film commercial in 1990, the result was beautiful.
Flamingos of Ngorongoro
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 70 cm
You can only visit the crater by day. Flamingoes form couples, and remind me of some humans!.
Flamingos of Ngorongoro
Watercolour
54 x 23 cm
This is a little paragraph about the painting, describing how I was feeling when I painted it and how I ran out of yellow and ended up using mustard instead.
Wild Dog in the Rift Valley
Acrylic
70 x 60 cm
The Wild Dog. A scavenger in Engaruka that steals kids from the young Maasai Goat herders.
Floodwaters of the Selous
Acrylic
60 x 150 cm
When the Selous floods the elephants are relected as the cross. This painting is in a private collection in NYC
