News Item: : Expedition
(Category: Safari News)
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Friday 24 July 2009 - 13:04:21
In November 2008, Andrew undertook a Southern African expedition that took him to the extremes that the continent had to offer.
In over one month, 5 000 miles, 5 countries and 6 punctures, he studied, photographed and recorded the fascinating inhabitants of some of the most inhospitable terrain in Africa. Traveling through the oldest desert in the world (the Namib), the largest continuous stretch of sand (the Kalahari), examining the oldest living plant (the Welwichia) and the largest Cape Fur Seal colony in Africa, all of this in temperatures well in excess of 120 degrees.
From the black-maned lion of the Kgalaghadi to the birthing of springbok in Namibia, from the enormous Sociable weaver nests to the comical ostrich, from the belligerent beach-masters of Cape Cross to the zebra herds of Etosha and from the mystique of the Victoria Falls to the elephant of the Kalahari – all now serve as inspiration for a series of oils, studies and sketches being undertaken this year by Andrew.
“ The desert species have adapted remarkably to their harsh environment, although all respect the mid-day truce when shade is the only true ally from the repressive heat. Waterholes, in the evening and morning, bring a constant stream of both predators and prey, and it is here that one can gather the best material.
I have been fortunate in having had access to the Zambezi valley when I was learning how to paint, but now, having traveled through the desert, I have found that there is so much more that has captured my interest.”
In the near future Andrew will be publishing his art journal ‘Brushstrokes of Africa’, a memoir that relives his growing up in Rhodesia, the trauma of the bush war, his career as a guide in the Zambezi valley and the forces that have molded him into the wildlife artist he is today, amidst numerous studies and paintings of his most recent works.
This news item is from Andrew Bone Fine Art
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(Category: Safari News)
Posted by Administrator
Friday 24 July 2009 - 13:04:21
In November 2008, Andrew undertook a Southern African expedition that took him to the extremes that the continent had to offer.
In over one month, 5 000 miles, 5 countries and 6 punctures, he studied, photographed and recorded the fascinating inhabitants of some of the most inhospitable terrain in Africa. Traveling through the oldest desert in the world (the Namib), the largest continuous stretch of sand (the Kalahari), examining the oldest living plant (the Welwichia) and the largest Cape Fur Seal colony in Africa, all of this in temperatures well in excess of 120 degrees.
From the black-maned lion of the Kgalaghadi to the birthing of springbok in Namibia, from the enormous Sociable weaver nests to the comical ostrich, from the belligerent beach-masters of Cape Cross to the zebra herds of Etosha and from the mystique of the Victoria Falls to the elephant of the Kalahari – all now serve as inspiration for a series of oils, studies and sketches being undertaken this year by Andrew.
“ The desert species have adapted remarkably to their harsh environment, although all respect the mid-day truce when shade is the only true ally from the repressive heat. Waterholes, in the evening and morning, bring a constant stream of both predators and prey, and it is here that one can gather the best material.
I have been fortunate in having had access to the Zambezi valley when I was learning how to paint, but now, having traveled through the desert, I have found that there is so much more that has captured my interest.”
In the near future Andrew will be publishing his art journal ‘Brushstrokes of Africa’, a memoir that relives his growing up in Rhodesia, the trauma of the bush war, his career as a guide in the Zambezi valley and the forces that have molded him into the wildlife artist he is today, amidst numerous studies and paintings of his most recent works.
This news item is from Andrew Bone Fine Art
( http://andrewbone.com/news.php?extend.5 )