Below are some photographs documenting my practical process. This includes some works in progress, drawing sketches, painting sketches, tea experiments, colour tests and videos. Please scroll down to view images.
The voice that cries in the Wilderness
210cm x 120cm
Watercolour
2020-2021
work in progress...
I hear you
I hear your cries
I search
But I can’t find you
My heart breaks
It bleeds with pain
I cry
I cry for you
You have found me
But still I search
Dombo 2 (Shona word for rock formation)
76cm x 56cm
Watercolour
2021
Work in progress...
Dombo 3 (Shona word for rock formation)
38cm x 529cm
Watercolour
2021
Work in progress...
Rough sketchbook sketches
Getting familiar with the figurative elements of the paintings.
Colour tests
Experimenting with different teas and tea layers.The tea gives a golden effect that I use tea to stain my paper before painting the compositions.
Experimenting with colour intensity and shell gold.
Preliminary sketchbook painting- planning the composition for the work tigers of the Kalahari.
Experimenting with pigment formation.
Developing ideas for balancing rock formations.
How I work on the floor.
Video of continuous sketchbook.
Observing colours merge and move.
Building rock formation with pigments and water. Acknowledging their capacity before rupture.
Observing paint pools and its movement whilst drying.