Padare
Oil on Canvas,
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Oil on Canvas
20x0794m
W: 1400mm x H: 1000mm x D: 25mm
W: 55" x H: 39" x D: 1"
Approx. Weight: 4kg
This work is
unframed
Price
US$ 3,839
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About "Padare"
Pa dare
I have called this painting Pa dare - this literally translates to
The Place of meeting
however, used in context, it means
The Place of Meeting for Respectful Gentlemen
The reason for this name is clear as the picture is centered on the Baobab This Tree, as seen from the East directly opposite over the river on the Chewore north side.
The tree is our meeting place, where we meet annually with those who have left us . The meeting is not a noisy affair it is quiet and respectful, where we remember and, as we watch the movie that is our minds, we see life for what it is - beautiful and unpredictable.
The Elephant beside the tree is leaving to join others who are feeding close by that have left the shade of this great tree - just as we do when we leave this life to join others that have left before us.
There are few things that depict Africa as well as the Baobab! They have an aura around them that is almost inexplicable. Great scars that adorn their massive trunks like medals won in some far off campaign - create the character that we feel when we stare up their majestic presence!
They are quintessential to Africa, and it is fitting that one of them is our meeting place!
Below the sun sets on another meeting place -a pan, like so many of those magnificent sites that we have had the pleasure of visiting it symbolizes the peace and synergies of nature in an otherwise seemingly harsh environment.
Symbolically the elephant and the baboon represent two things firstly our trek into the meeting place (I am the elephant by the way!) and secondly they have been the subject of many hours of thought and discussions around the many camp fires that have been shared in the Zambezi Valley
The wild dog the hunters predators - us perhaps? also looking into Pa dare, because as we well know we also meet there!
Life is short live it, feast on it, smell the roses!
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$ 69-8,637
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Salzburg
Harare
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Education
Self Taught
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