Spring has made a welcome return to the Western Cape. The winter rains have done their work and now the sun shines down on the land. Swathes of spring flowers carpet the landscape and the warm wind blows away the winter cobwebs. Suddenly everything is alive and brimming with expectation.
Our spring flower season lasts about 6 weeks. Here are some of the best places to see the flowers.

Here are my two other original scratchboard works which have been selected for the SASA Annual Merit Exhibition which opens at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens on 30th September and runs until 10th October.

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Isn't he magnificent? I'm so pleased with the way this one turned out.

​This is one of my three entries to the prestigious South African Society of Artists' (SASA) Annual Merit Exhibition which will be held in Kirstenbosch Gardens in Cape Town. A very special place. All three works were accepted. I'll be sharing the other two with you next week. The exhibition opens at the end of September.

​Don't you just feel he has a story to tell?

I've just signed up for the Fine Art America Billboard Contest! This is rather a novel online art competition. The prize at stake is for five lucky artists to have their work featured on billboards throughout Los Angeles. Wouldn't that be exciting!

Here are my three entries. Would you like to help me get to the next round by voting for me? The link to vote on the Fine Art America website is below each image. Wish me luck!

Click to vote for Four Peppers here
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Click to vote for Leopard here
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Click to vote for Cnr Chiappini Street & Wale Street here

And please feel free to share the links!