"Bucket full of Coloured Roses"

150 x 200mm Oil on Board
"Bucket full of Coloured Roses"

I want to rush out six or so of these to give out as Christmas pressies. What do you think?
Bob

"Buffalo"

1150 x200mm
Oil on Board
"Buffalo"

I can think of a hundred smart names for this painting, but I'll leave it to you.
Bob

"Basic Instinct II"

150 x 200mm
Oil on Board
"Basic Instinct II"

"Basic Instinct"

150 x 200mm OIl on Board
"Basic Instinct"

An afternoon spent on the back of a speeding Landrover dragging a dead rat on a string eventually resulted in an acceptable image of this cheetah, running head on with all of its feet in the air. The sun was setting very quickly as the saturated colours reflect.

Bob

"Hibiscus 2'

150 x 200mm
Oil on Board
"Hibiscus 2"

"Hibiscus"

150 x 200 mm
Oil on Board
"Hibiscus"

To-day I declare flower day. For all the females that view my site, please take one of the hibiscus flowers and place it in your hair behind your ear. It doesn’t matter how old or young you are. The flower will not detract from your beauty, but it will enhance it. It will make your smile brighter, your embraces warmer and your scones tastier. Have a beautiful day ladies.

You guys, just pretend that there is a beautiful girl in a grass skirt walking along a sun drenched beach with a flower in her hair and her arms wide open. She’s telling you that breakfast is ready at the St. Geran Hotel.

Bob

"Speed 1"

150 x 200 mm Oil on Board
“Speed 1″ - Running Cheetah.

I have tried to capture the speed and the excitement of this Cheetah giving chase to a small bok. The background and foreground , in my opinion, are irrelivant and would detract from the theme of speed.

Many purists will hate this rendition. I like it. Am I right or wrong? It really would be interesting to hear.

Thanks
Bob

"Cheetah"

150 x 200mm
Oil on Board
"Cheetah"

I used a pallet knife to paint the background. I thought that by so doing ones eyes would remain principally on the subject. I don’t think that it detract too much from the Cheetah.

What do you think?

Bob

"Self Portrait"

150 x 200
Oil on Board
"Self Portrait"

Every Artist at some time or other attempts to paint a self portrait. I was just about to cut my ear off, but thought that it would take too much Rose Madder paint and I'm running a bit low. So I decided against it.
I thought I would try to make myself look as ugly as possible. I actually look like Brad Pitt, but quite honestly I find the fan mail irritating, let alone all the groupies hanging around outside my house. So here goes, take it or leave it.
Bob

'Manfred'

150 x 200mm
Oil on Board
'Manfred'


Sixty one and a pain in the proverbial, but he's my pal and I like him.

"My Father"

150 x 200mm
Oil on Board
"My Father"

Ninety one and still going strong.

"Untitled Red Abstract"

150 x 200mm
Oil on Board
"Red Abstract"

I Realy like the harmony of these colours. Red usually evokes a feeling of warning, panic, etc, but not here for me.
I kind of see a beautiful girl in a silk dress made from a material with this design.
What do you see?
Bob

"Mother"

200 x 200mm
Oil on Board
"Mother"

This is my likeness of my Mother aged 86, from a photo taken last week.

She’s a funny old biddy. She has religiously phoned me once a week from the UK, and just lately now that the phone calls are much cheaper, once or twice a day, to see if my wife is giving me enough to eat. Don’t get me wrong, Lyn, my wife is the one who inherits everything, as she is ma’s favourite daughter. She forgets now. She’ll tell me something two or three times in the same conversation. She always kept herself young, by mixing with young people. She used to golf alot and always liked a good laugh.

I hate to see her looking so old. I hate to see me looking so old.

Young people out there….grab every single second of to-day and wring life out of it. You’ll never see to-day again. Also be careful what comes out of your mouth. Most things do indeed come to pass.

You can’t go far wrong by saying “I love you”, now and again.

Bob

"Field of Poppies"

"Field of Poppies"
200 x200 mm
oil on board

You know I paint because I’m incapable of doing anything else since I was handed an incurable lung desease. But besides really enjoying the discovery of art and all of its facets, I have found that it has taken me on another parrallel discovery.

I joined a forum in America http://www.wetcanvas.com/ . I made many friends and discovered many new ways of approaching art. I started off by painting subjects that I could see. Animals, portraits, etc etc I still enjoy painting these subjects from time to time. But the best, the real challenge, is to paint what you can see in your mind and not with your eyes.

Try and envisage an abstract painting and put it onto canvass. It’s not easy. You may think it’s just slapping paint on canvass. Well I guess it can be sometimes, but I haven’t found it that way yet. I have found it more of a challenge of discovery than painting a merekat.

“Field of Poppies” - No I don’t think I’ve lost it yet, Maybe I have, who knows?

Anyway, the important point being, I think that you should try all things within reason (ie Say No to Drugs), and discover places, things and maybe most important, YOURSELF and how far you can push your mind. Try it, you’ll be suprised!

You may end up pushing your mind out in business and making a real success of your life.

Bob

"White Rhino and Calf"

150 x 200mm Oil on Board
"White Rhino and Calf"

You know I have spent many years painting white rhinos. The animal has very bad eyesite, allowing one to get up realy close with a bucket of white wash and some coloured paints. The rest is history. Whilst they are sleeping is probably the safest, but one tends to get a bit blaze during the process.
I have no photgraphic eveidence. If anyone comes across one of my painted protegees, please take a picture for me and post it on your blog.
Remember, the Rhino is a very dangerous animal. Do not try this at your local zoo or after you've had a few to drink. The consequences could be dire.
Bob

"Colour my Life"

1) "Smell Me"
2) "Pick Me"









3) "Paint Me"

All 150 x 200 mm Oil on Board

Do yourself a favour to-day. Be extra nice to someone that you don’t even know. They may think you’ve completely lost the plot, but both you and I know that you are actually getting nearer to the treasure. May long life, health, happiness and prosperity be yours forever.

Bob

"Gnood Gnus"

150 x 200 mm
Oil on Board
“Gnood Gnus”

I tried to give the impression of dust, noise, excitement and a sense of on the way home at last. It is the annual crossing of the River Mara by hundreds of thousands of Wildebeest. These are the lucky ones that crossed the river without drowning or getting caught by crocodiles.

Did I get there or did I fail miserably?

"Lesser Gods"

150 X 200
Oil on Board
"Lesser Gods"


This painting is the result of depression. A state of mind I try never to sink into. However due to circumstances and the difficulty to breathe and a mild infection due to my low immunity to attacks from outside my body; I thought "What's the use, I'd be better off dead"
Thanks to my wife who took me to the pulminologist, I came home feeling much better and painted this small painting as a gift to humanity.
It has colour and animals, and leads me away from the rigid self imposed style I am used to. It's difficult for me to go the whole hog yet. I think I'll just stick around with this idea for a while.
Cheers
Bob

"In the Padock"

150 x 200 mm
Oil on Board
“In the Padock”

Away from SA and wild animals for a while. Just longing for those mild summer days in good old blighty. Which brings me to the issue of Chinese crap goods that are taking over the world.

Have you bought anything made in China recently. My wife bought an alarm crock. Of course the instluctions were written in pidgeon Chinglish. I think that the last instruction should be ..Take hammer in left hand and crock in right hand. Bling left hand down on crock and thlow away. China will eventually have all the money in the world. Don’t spend money on Plingle of Scotland. It’s a falacy. There are no Chenese running around the Glens of Scotland, they are all running around Shanghai.

Anyway, thank goodness that they don’t go big on oil paints and brushes. Thay would have no problem breeding a million sable minks to slaughter for brushes. And then all the hairs would fall out.

Bob

"Chui"

150 x 200
Oil on Board
"Chui"

Ever since I had chicken pox, I hate spots. I ended up with a whole lot of extra ones after I finished this painting.
When I was a kid in England, you'd see the occassional lady walking arround with a leopard skin coat. They always looked very sexy. Although I must admit when I saw them I didn't know what sexy meant.
Most African farmers would still like the trade in Leopard skins to continue. I lived in Nairobi for a time, and always remember the people who lived outside of the town complaining that a leopard had just killed the prize dog. You didn't leave your dog outside if you wanted to see it in the morning.
They're still beautiful animals. Deadly silent night time killers.
The "Pink" variety on the other hand make very good comedic actors.
Kiswahili name - Chui.
I know it's a poor attempt, so it would be interesting to tell me how I could improve it.
Thanks Bob