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“Sounds of laughter shades of life
are ringing through my open ears
exciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which
shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe
Jai guru deva om”
(THE BEATLES)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCKANiM9tUM&...

The fields of Cosmos found throughout the South African Highveld in late Autumn immediately before Winter arrived were always a special source of happiness to me. I would walk through these flowers in the Benoni area and took countless photographs which I have used in previous paintings and which I have given to others in order to inspire them as well, even though it could only be a secondhand appreciation for them. It seemed as though God had thrown giant handfuls of marshmallows down to the earth to brighten it up before the winter starkness set in.

Using a phrase from one of my favourite Beatles songs seemed to be appropriate somehow.

I’ve used A3 Canson pastel paper and Schmincke and Unison pastels.

5 Features in the following Groups:
Contemporary Pastel.
Painters Universe.
Fantastic Primitive Art.
Paint Book.
Country Bumpkin.

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