Bird of Paradise Dance
Common to most indigenous gardens in Southern Africa, the straliztia is the Inspiration for Gails Adventure into her portrayal of the dance on canvas The tones of the brush seem to caress the canvas and as the form plays in composition, so to the brush embrace a parallel rhythm, the rich earth-tones speak of the South African High-veld in the winter.
The use of earth browns res and maize co lours bring a wholesome atmosphere to the already warm and earthy modern home it hangs within.This Ingenious masterpiece revisits the duality of human fragility and African dance both mixed in a fusion of colors embracing the African culture, and browns beige's and blue and clear skies prevail.A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower, because of a supposed resemblance of its flowers to the bird of paradise. In South Africa it is commonly known as a crane flower.They are pollinated by sunbirds, which use the spathe as a perch when visiting the flowers; the weight of the bird on the spathe opens it to release the pollen onto the bird's feet, which is then deposited on the next flower it visits.
AFRO CUBISM
Sunset Calabash
African Modernism/cubism, this beautiful interior is complimented by this amazing work of art which radiates its warmth into a somewhat minimalistic environment.
The Artwork catches the warmth of the hearth and the hot meso soup ready to sip. Afro Cubism is a great combination to entertain space, as the rigid lines of the simplicity in the furnishings are complimented by th organic stylized lines of the calabash type elements hanging on the while to create a striking balance somewhere in between.
Dried Calabash used for A Bowl
Gails Approach
The Cubist approach to the art work speaks about the African sun and the play of time and space upon the silhouette of the dried stralitzia and calabash, The large African vase is also in its essence a product of the African culture , who have tried to synthesize the look an feel of the calabash which is a container or vessel traditionally used to contain fresh water or beer.
Dynamism in the light and the cubist shadows depicting the movement of time in space.