The Road to Ngweshla
Oil on Canvas,
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18,307
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The Road to Ngweshla
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Oil on Canvas
20x0794m
W: 2200mm x H: 1800mm x D: 25mm
W: 87" x H: 71" x D: 1"
Approx. Weight: 4kg
This work is
unframed
Price
US$ 18,307
Scale
About "The Road to Ngweshla"
I sat quietly watching as the October Sun Lowered in the sky the colors started to change as the light penetrated the dust ,promising yet another beautiful timeless African evening
Standing here like some Guardian this great Leadwood has probably been here for centuries ,like some witness to a scene that plays out daily on the road to Ngweshla
Life is simple out here , its about today , its about now its a contrast brutal and yet peaceful there is a tranquility here beyond measure a feeling that this is how it should be .
The dust rises as these old Buffalo Bulls swagger slowly down the path towards the pan , once a path - now a road ,cut by the feet of countless buffalo and elephant in the Kalahari sands
The air is filled with that intoxicating blend of the wild - a sensation of heat mixed with the scents of Africa that sit deep within your senses for ever
Sitting here in the African silence , there is a feeling of almost slipping into another world , a world where there is a purer purpose to life a world where there is no thought given to greed ,a world where silence is a companion and not an enemy a world where we belong -I shake my head at the wonder of it all , at how the wild resonates so deeply within me creating a deep thirst for more knowledge of this place and its inhabitants a need to deeply understand and portray the deep symbiosis between man and the wild .Soon...soon it will be too late take time to walk in the places the animals walk -come and take in the intoxicating blends of Africa ,..come on a journey that will humble you and yet make you powerful beyond measure
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About Astley
Africa is not a subject I discovered -- it is the landscape I grew up
listening to.
My work centres on baobabs and other enduring trees of the
Zimbabwean wilderness. These forms stand at a scale beyond the
human. Marked by seasons, drought, fire and the passage of
elephants, they carry visible records of time.
I am drawn to their presence -- not as symbols, but as living
structures that have witnessed generations before us and will
likely remain long after. In their stillness there is a sense of
continuity that shifts one's perspective.
Painting allows me to slow that encounter. It invites silence. My
intention is to create work that encourages a deeper breath -- a
moment in which the viewer feels both small and quietly
connected to something older and enduring.
Each piece is grounded in lived experience of the Zimbabwean
bush, where endurance is not metaphor but reality.
Will Astley Maberly
Price Range
US$ 71-18,307
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Exhibitions
Salzburg
Harare
Private commissions world wide
collections in South Africa, Zimbabwe, USA, Europe , United Kingdom, china
Education
Self Taught
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