African Barred Owlet

500 mm x 700 mm • Oil on Linen

I’ve always had a love for owls. This piece is extra special to me. My husband took the photo on the day he proposed to me in Kruger National Park back in 2014. We spent quite a bit of time watching this little guy hunting in a Mopane scrub thicket in the early hours of the afternoon, inside the grounds of Tsendze rustic camp- what a privilege! This piece was an absolute joy to create, the owl itself is a “life-size” replication at just 21 cm. I had such fun building up the colours and textures of the Mopane branch. I wanted to keep the background more simplistic, adding just a few faint indications of the last few withered Mopane leaves, just hanging on after a long, dry winter. 

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