by Andrea Fedder | Mar 26, 2019
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I find it fascinating how shadow has a sinister connotation and shade inspires notions of rest. Yet, when it comes down to it, they’re essentially the same thing.
Casting shadow patterns can inspire such beauty, and yet when someone feels dubious, we say they’re shady.
The duality is in everything. The light, the dark and the many shades of grey.
And anyone who doesn’t believe they can co-exist should take a look at an Oryx! (Which btw is the answer to the Q in the first of these 3 Namibian paintings).
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by Andrea Fedder | Mar 25, 2019
Why do we actively condone the domestication of everything around us (often for convenience and consumption) and then proclaim our longing for ‘the wild’?
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Beautiful, strange creatures – ostriches. I visited a farm in the Karoo many, many years ago before I became aware of meat consumption impact on the planet, plastic waste and generally living with ethical intention. We rode ostriches at that farm. Cheap thrills and cruel entertainment – all for a quick buck. I feel bad about that every time I look at these birds across a farm stall fence, and, ironically, how deep my head was in the sand. Here’s to knowing better.
But it does make me wonder why we humans, keep domesticating everything around us and then proclaim our longing for the wild.
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by Andrea Fedder | Mar 24, 2019
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I left this painting a little late today (thank you other deadlines and procrastination for handing me my ass on a platter). Merrily painting away, thinking about my last trip to Kgalagadi National Park and these stunning Gemsbok sightings, I nearly forgot about the darkness I would soon be plunged into. Photographing paintings at night is no fun. So this Gemsbok was literally painted in a race against the sun. .
Quick – Sunday night smarty pants points (No Googling) for anyone who knows the other name of this beautiful buck? And the delicious sustainable SA product that goes by the same name?
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