Patricia Wood Broderick: November 2011

Thursday, 24 November 2011

Spring Baobab

23. Spring Baobab

30cm x 42cm

watercolour

2011 $225

In contrast to their winter starkness, baobabs produce bright green leaves in the spring, just before the rains.

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Near World's View, Nyanga

15. Near World's View, Nyanga 41 x 60 cm SOLD

This painting looks towards what we call Nyanga North. It is near

a popular view-point called World's View which is on the high ground to the
right of the picture. If you follow the valley road below, through Nyanga Village
and proceed northwards you soon come to some terraced hills of archaeological interest.

Limpopo Baobab

11. Limpopo Baobab 50 x 65 cm SOLD

This lovely baobab is to be found across the border in Limpopo Province of South

Africa. It is on the road to the Tshipise hot springs, our favourite stop-over when

we drive south.

Chirambakadoma, Chewore

2. Chirambakadoma, Chewore 50 x 65 cm $550 with frame $450 without frame

Chirambakadoma is the name given to the flat top hill in the distance. We like to stop
here for a break when we go to visit the dinosaur trackways, it is such a lovely view
of the Zambezi Valley.

Cave Man's View, Canonkopje

1. Cave Man's View, Canonkopje, 50 x 65 cm $550 with frame $450 without frame

Canonkopje is a wattled crane conservancy in Mtoroshanga and the property has many

granite kopjes. This view is from the entrance to a large cave where pottery shards and other items of archaeological interest can be seen, all carefully preserved in situ.

Spring Msasa, Domboshawa

10. Spring Msasa, Domboshawa 50 x 65 cm $550 with frame $450 without frame

As many of you know, this is a favourite spot for a walk up the granite hill. I attempted

to catch the evening light shining through the new Msasa leaves.

Three Rivers, Mana Angwa, Chewore

3. Three Rivers, Mana Angwa, Chewore 50 x 65 cm

$550 with frame $450 without frame

As mentioned in the last image of the gorge there is a huge amount of silt.

This is the view looking the other way. We find fossils in the vicinity.

Mana Angwa gorge

9. Mana Angwa Gorge. 50 x 65 cm $550 with frame $450 without frame

As you approach the hunting camp this is the view of the gorge which is

fast silting up. Was sad to see the tree had gone, the last time we visited.

Lying on the sand in the far background were at least 12 huge crocs.

Mana Angwa sunrise

7. Mana Angwa sunrise 50x65cm watercolour $550 with frame $450 without frame

This is the view from a hunting camp not far from the discovery of extensive

dinosaur tracks.

Chitake One camp view

8. View from Chitake One Camp 50x65cm watercolour $550 with frame $450 without frame

I cheated a bit with this one. The tree is more a dusty red/brown in colour but I wanted

to play with contrasting colours to highlight the late sun shining on the trees at the back.

Downstream from Chitake One camp

Downstream from Chitake One camp 17 x 24 cm watercolour SOLD

From a palaeo channel water runs in the Chitake river during the dry season.

You camp under a tree and put your chairs in the river bed to watch the game.

Lion stake out the area as large herds come to drink.

Baobabs, Chitake, Zambezi Valley

4. Baobabs, Chitake. Mana Pools National Park, Zambezi Valley. Zimbabwe

Exhibition 2011 42cm x 59cm watercolour

SOLD

These baobabs, catching the evening sun, grow on a hill rise surrounded by bits of broken pottery, evidence of a settlement prior to the creation of the Mana Pools National Park when residents were moved out of the Zambezi Valley up the Escarpment. Close to a spring, animals congregate in the dry season in great numbers and prides of lion stake out the area.

Dinosaur Beds, Chitake

5. Dinosaur Beds, Chitake

41cm x 60cm

watercolour

2011

$550 with frame $450 without frame

Subjects of international palaeontological research, these cliffs erode and produce fossils, evidence of days when dinosaurs roamed, now home to a variety of game within the Mana Pools National Park.