Back to the studio after a splendid 2 weeks in the Gambia. Been 9 times now since 1990 and thoroughly enjoyed it once again. Had a driver called Camara and a green jeep and we visited lots of places, some new and some returns. Love the birdwatching over there and with a potential list of 630 species, there were lots to see everywhere.
Visited a village and met the people in the compound. Fascinating talking to them about their lives and the big differences between us shows up just how much we take for granted.But they are happy and lovely people and with permission and some deserved Dalasi, we took some good photographs which I can work from later.
On the flight back we flew over the Sahara and with a window seat I was able to make about a dozen drawings of the varied landscape down there.It was heading fast towards dusk so the colours were quite something. Now I have lots of images and ideas to make a whole series of new paintings…the Sahara Series.
Watch this space.