Beginning with the earth in its infancy this mineral filled desert land was made by tumultuous processes and was once joined to South America (Brazil area) billions of years ago. Vast deserts and sun dunes as high as buildings - and a coast shrouded in mist. Namibia is so rich in minerals - that for hundreds of miles along its coast the diamond covered beaches are patrolled by helicopters and guards of the De Beers Company.
My family live in Africa and I donated this to a charity in SW Africa that does great work in the harsh land known as the Karoo. It is a forbidding place and the Karoo Animal Protection Society do great work (www.kaps.org.za) saving live stock and wildlife needing care and rescue.This charity really uses the funds on the animals and not on expensive bosses
Materials are often from local sources such as chalk paints watered down (coloured and from local cliff falls), hand made inks , crushed quartz, gold, copper and pure silver leaf, sprays, mineral pigments, gouache, diamond dust.
This work was painted on a bed of textured plaster before applying colour and materials for more 3 d effect
Price: Sold in charity in aid of animal rescue for kaps.org.za
(Karoo Animal Protection Society) in SW Africa which means a lot to me
