This is a Seascape painting of a part of the Okavango river in Botswana, Southern Africa. I was struck by the beautiful reflections in the water and I could not resist the urge to capture it in paint.
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They're 100% handmade. Made with thick embossed paper, fabric and Acrylic Paint. Thus they are made from mixed media. The inside is empty, all you have to do is to write in it using your own words...telling him/her the very thing he/she loves hearing.
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The Okavango is home to a prosperity of wildlife and attracts thousands of visitors a year. On the mainland and among the islands in the delta, lions, elephants, hyenas, wild dog, buffalo, hippo and crocodiles congregate with a teeming variety of antelope and other smaller animals - warthog, mongoose, spotted genets, monkeys, bush babies and tree squirrels. The delta also includes over 400 species of birds.
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The striking thing about ACEOs is that they can be made with any medium (eg Oil, Acrylic, Ink, Pencils, Charcoal) and material (eg wood, paper,metal). But they have one rule: it must be two and one-half inches by three and one-half inches (2.5" x 3.5"). Thus ACEOs have one constant and many variables.
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Pencil drawing by Nkolika
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I painted it while listening to Bach's 'where sheep may safely graze'...a classical piece that takes me to an open field in the middle of nowhere where the sounds I hear are the gentle murmurings of my sheep and the singing of birds!!!!
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