“The scenic beauty of the Langeberge Mountain Range as seen from the N2 between Albertinia and Mossel Bay, South Africa…”
Painting done on 26 July 2023.
We often traverse this stretch of the N2 and the beauty of the scene on one of these trips demanded some attention in oil on a canvas sheet …
A typical winter’s day in July with its blue skies and distant clouds caught my attention. The Southern Cape is a stunning area and the countryside between the Langeberge stretching all the way to Gouritsmond offers breathtaking vistas … I painted this as I saw it – and added with a little dam filled with enough for this farmer’s needs … with a few birds enroute to some undisclosed destination.
“Version 1 of a 3-part exercise in brushing up on the techniques I utilize in my paintings. I won’t ask to ‘pardon the pun’.” (said Wesley)
“Version 2 of a 3-part exercise in brushing up on the techniques I utilize in my paintings.” (Wesley)
“Version 3 of a 3-part exercise in brushing up on the techniques I utilize in my paintings.” (Wesley)
“The paintings in this series were completed during a visit to family in the scenic Southern Cape of South Africa. My dad (www.artist-barryodendaal.co.za) and I took on the project, and each completed three paintings during my visit. After each version was completed, we would take notes on what improvements or changes we would make in the next.”
“As with previous studies where multiple versions of the same topic were completed, I enjoyed the learning process and was quite satisfied with the variations of the final products.”
“There was no real planning done to set the scene. As usual, I improvised these scenes from a general concept I had in my head. Each bush and every mountain top came straight from the artist’s imagination, and now have their place on a canvas.” (said Wesley)
Details / Size
Oil on Canvas Sheet
W: 420mm x H: 297mm (A3)
Price …
R 1 300.00 (R 2 400.00)
Unframed (Framed)
Packing & Postage Excluded
Price listed is per painting on the 3 paintings listed above in this post by Wesley.
Revisiting a painting I did in 1990 – which I wanted to bin but my mom saved it – I decided to go there again and do justice to this scene…
Painting done on 29 September 2023.
Once again I used the “wet-on-wet: technique. This third painting in our short series of three, was again done with my son Wesley (www.artist-wesleyodendaal.co.za) doing his own 3rd version as we still shared studio space during a very special visit of this amazing guy – I call “my son”. This time Wesley worked with his no. 1 & 2 in mind … and I revisited a work done in 1990 (as per the short intro above).
We enjoyed doing this one – but again working from the heart on a marvelous day in the Southern Cape of South Africa..
One could spend a week fishing in these calm waters with a magnificent mountain back drop like that …
Painting done on 27 September 2023.
Once again I used the “wet-on-wet” technique. This second painting in our short series of three, was done with my son Wesley (www.artist-wesleyodendaal.co.za) doing his own 2nd version as we again shared studio space during a very special visit of this amazing guy – I call “my son”. This time we worked with no. 1 in mind … but completely working from the heart.
Once again I used the “wet-on-wet”. The painting was done with my son Wesley (www.artist-wesleyodendaal.co.za) doing his own version as we shared studio space during a very special visit of this amazing guy – I call “my son”. We attempted a bit of a practice session with Bob … and completed from the heart.
Depicting the quiet country lifestyle so many people long for … a foot path running out past some Silver Birch trees and a nearby cabin overlooking distant mountain range…
The setting was a scene alongside the Knysna Lagoon – which forms part of the picturesque & internationally renowned Garden Route of the Western Cape Coast in South Africa.
“Serene roadside beauty on the N12 between Kimberley and Warrenton, South Africa…”
Painting done on 26 June 2021.
A trip down this road at the end of 2020 demanded some attention in oil on a canvas sheet …
A typical summer day in December with its blue skies and clouds promising rain that would not come this time around. The Northern Cape was bone dry and one could only hope for the sight of a half filled dam … I painted this as I would like to see it – with a little dam filled with enough for this farmer’s needs …
Depicting an image in my memory of a walk in a dry wooded area as a young man…
The vibrant sounds of active bird life permeated the surroundings of this otherwise quiet and dried out wooded area on the outskirts of the town where I grew up in South Africa …
