Eshowe Annual Art Exhibition

Yes, it's time again for our town's annual art exhibition! 

It is amazing how many artists live in our small town, Eshowe. Do come around on the 8th or 9th of September and have a look, if you are in the area. The opening is on the Friday night. Tickets available as on the poster. 

AND THE WINNER IS....

The

WINNER

of the draw for the first 30 "likes" on my Facebook Art Page is:

Barbara Philip.

CONGRATULATIONS, Barbara!

Your two Guinea Fowl prints will be on their way soon!

A Big THANK YOU to everybody who "liked" my new Facebook Art Page:

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more Specials and Give-Aways!!!

MY BRAND NEW FACEBOOK ART PAGE

I'm introducing my brand new

ART PAGE

and, to celebrate, there is an 

ART PRINT

Yes, you've read correctly! If you are one of the first 30 people to

 my Facebook Art Page

you are eligible for the lucky draw to receive:

a set of 2 Guinea Fowl PRINTs of your choice
(same size as the original - about A5),

from my new Guinea Fowl series,
as seen on the previous post on this BLOG,

printed on Matt Fine Art Paper, with a single mount,

READY for FRAMING!.

The designs are fresh and new, have not been marketed anywhere before,

and are worth between R90 and R100 per print, plus about R45 per mount

(Total package: about R290 or 35USD). You only pay for shipping!!

All you have to do is click on the "like" button below:   

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(The original Guinea Fowl artworks, sized approximately A5,

are available @ between R250 and R300 each)

Looking forward to seeing you on my Facebook Art Page soon!!

GUINEA FOWL FUN

In South Africa we have two types of Guinea Fowl - the Helmeted (on the left in picture below), and the Crested, on the right.

Illustration from the book,

"Roberts' birds of Southern Africa"

(Artwork by K. Newman)

The one more common in KZN is the Crested Guinea Fowl, so that is the one I most often get to see.

Inspired by the artist, Robert Burridge's "Circus Birds", I had some fun collaging and painting some of our African Guinea Fowls:

Guinea Fowl 1 & 2

Collage & Mixed Media on Mounting Board

150 x 190mm each

Guinea Fowl 3 & 4

Collage & Mixed Media on Mounting Board

190 x 150mm each

And, I couldn't resist doing some watercolours of their very peculiar faces:

Beauty Contest I and II

120 x 170mm

Watercolour, pen & ink on Paper

Helmeted Guinea Fowl

175 x 130mm

Watercolour, pastel, pen & ink

Crested Guinea Fowl

175 x 130mm

Watercolour, pastel, pen & ink