The Road to Ngweshla

The Road to “Ngweshla “

Oil on canvas

220 x 150 cm

I sat quietly watching as the October Sun Lowered in the sky –the colors started to change as the light penetrated the dust ,promising yet another beautiful timeless African evening

Standing here like some Guardian this great Leadwood has probably been here for centuries ,like some witness to a scene that plays out daily on” the road to Ngweshla  “

Life is simple out here , its about today , its about now – it’s a contrast– brutal and yet peaceful – there is a tranquility here beyond measure  a feeling that this is how it should be ……..

The dust rises as these old Buffalo Bulls  swagger slowly down the path towards the pan , once a path - now a road ,cut by the feet of countless buffalo and elephant  in the Kalahari sands

The air is filled with that intoxicating blend of the wild - a sensation of heat mixed with the scents of Africa  that sit deep within your senses  for ever

Sitting here in the African silence , there is a feeling of almost slipping into another world , a world where there is a purer purpose to life –a world where there is no thought given to greed ,a world where silence is a companion and not an enemy – a world where we belong -I shake my head at the wonder of it all  , at how the wild resonates so deeply within me –creating a deep thirst for more knowledge of this place and its inhabitants –a need to deeply understand and portray the deep symbiosis between man and the wild .Soon………..soon  it will be too late  –take time  to walk in the places the animals walk -come and take in the intoxicating blends of Africa ,…..come on a journey that will humble you and yet make you powerful beyond measure

Will Maberly 2014

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