Where Dust Meets water !
Oil on Canvas,
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Where Dust Meets water !
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Details
Oil on Canvas
W: 1200mm x H: 800mm x D: 10mm
W: 47" x H: 31" x D:
Approx. Weight: 1kg
This work is
unframed
Price
US$ 5,812
Scale
About "Where Dust Meets water !"
As the sun falls from her place in the sky, the last of her light is falling like a spotlight on these Baobabs, showing them up and revealing their majestic presence. The pinks and purple hues spray across an immense African sky as the first of this herd of Buffalo race for water hole after another blistering hot day in the Zambezi Valley.
The dust rises like smoke into the sunset and the thundering of the hooves of these Buffalo are like the drums that draw us to the present. The spoor and dung of these animals and many others like them around this water creates an ambiance that is difficult to describe, a feeling of being wild and free!
These places are beyond words, there is a deep connection within us to this wilderness, and I have found such breathtaking beauty here. It is these moments that draw us to our most powerful being, a place within us that is pure and unaffected by those around us, a place of the soul.
Out here we learn the true meaning of life, even though our culture refuses to acknowledge our place in this natural world. When in the presence of such majesty we start to truly see and most importantly we become present!
Walk with us in these wild places through these images, listen to you inner being and most importantly , trust in what you hear
Tread Lightly on the Earth
Will Maberly
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About Astley
Africa is a place that captivates the mind, she is old and tells her tales in mysterious ways, we only have to sit quietly and listen to the stories
that flow from her. My late father Colonel Ted Maberly's stories of East Africa as a child thrilled me and inspired by all my late Uncle Charles
Astley Maberly's work on wildlife, set a path for me to follow later in life.
Africa is perhaps best described in pictures, as I know of no way to really portray her beauty in words, which is why I have turned to painting
and photography to find some way of conveying this beauty across to all. This journey certainly hasn't been a search for answers, this has
been more about learning to listen to the wild.
My passion for Elephants amongst other species goes back as far as I can remember, perhaps from the stories of old tuskers on the slopes of Kilimanjaro and the Selous - their intelligence as a species and the deep sense of knowing they portray, has led me to often refer to them as old souls.
My love for these creatures is what started me sketching and then painting, and yet it's the incredible symbiosis that is nature that has been my inspiration, that feeling of intelligent energy that overwhelms me in the presence of this magnificence.
Behind each Painting there is a life, a story about that special connection, the heightening of the senses and the realisation that we are undeniably a part of a higher more organised order!
I found that whilst I loved sketching, Oils became my medium of choice as I am able to more accurately represent the deep colour's of Africa, Oil paint can have a unique texture that allows the artist to push the boundaries of the norm and there are always new ideas and techniques, as a medium I find it open ended.That's why I use them oil especially on large Canvas there is nothing more impacting than a large Canvas of Africa !
Soon if we ignore the plight of Africa these wild places will exist no longer, the rate of organised poaching is accelerating; unbelievably, there will be no Elephants to speak of soon!
I see that each one of us can impact the future of the wild areas of Africa. The drums are beating, and it's time to listen.
Its all about awareness
Tread lightly
Astley Maberly
Price Range
US$ 69-17,435
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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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