Where Creation keeps its own slow time

My mind is at ease in Africa 

Where the people still live close to the soil 

And the seasons mark my changing moods 

Where the markets hustle with trading 

And Creation keeps its own slow time 

© 2006 Wayne Visser – Extract from "I know a place in Africa"

W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm - 8" x 12" - unframed

ITEM ID : WhereCreation
PRICE: R350.00 including postagein South Africa

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Petals fall

A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind. 

- Clive Bell 

 

Acrylics on canvas panel – 9″ × 12″ - unframed

Flower petals fall one by one

After the long day is done 

This flower has lived a good life 

With very little strife 

Memories of busy bees 

And images of little hands fingering it lovingly 

A lover’s purpose was in mind 

When it was picked from the vine 

Given to the one he loved 

As a token of all the things they’ve done 

Drooping low in the vase 

Is where it takes its resting place 

As its petals fall one by one 

One by one

- Bryanne Colver

ITEM ID : PetalsFall
PRICE : R350.00 including postage

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Light and shadow

W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm - 8" x 12" unframed

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:: light and shadow reveal a silent presence on a kitchen counter ::

Item ID : LightAndShadow

Price: R350.00 postage included

Lavender (Lavendula augustifolia)

W&N watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm - 8" x 12" unframed 

I used to have huge bushes of lavender in my garden, my favourite being the English lavender, Lavandula angustifolia (formerly L. officinalis), as it is a strongly aromatic shrub growing to 1–2m tall, the leaves are evergreen, and the flowers are a pinkish-purple (lavender-coloured), produced on spikes 2–8 cm long at the top of slender, leafless stems 10–30 cm long, and they make wonderful little displays in narrow vases or as dried bunches. The name is misleading, as it is not native to England at all, but native to the western Mediterranean region.

Lavender, sweet lavender; 
come and buy my lavender, 
hide it in your trousseau, lady fair. 
Let its lovely fragrance flow 
Over you from head to toe, 
lighting on your eyes, your cheek, your hair." 
- Cumberkand Clark Flower Song Book 1929

Item ID : LavenderLavendulaAugustifolia

Price : R350.00 including postage

The Perfect Red

Dahlia - graphite sketch and watercolour in Moleskine sketch-book - Maree© (Not for sale)

The ancient Chinese told the story of a potter who spent his life searching for the perfect shade of red. He filled all his days learning new technologies and experimenting with new techniques to perfect the crimson glaze his heart desired.

Nothing worked.

 He travelled throughout the country and consulted with other potters. None of them could help him.

Finally he came home, sat by his kiln, and was so frustrated he threw himself in.

His assistant couldn't find him, although he called and called to him.

Eventually when the kiln cooled down, the assistant pulled out the pots that had been fired. They were the perfect shade of red.

The potter, himself, was the very thing he had been searching for.

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