Mike Elliott renown for his paintings of the Kalahari Bushmen (Khoisan) since 1985

 Paintings of the Khoisan (San Bushmen) of the Kalahari, Botswana and the Namibian !Kung
Mike's Botswana Kalahari Bushmen Paintings & studies of the !Kung in Namibia
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Bushman Paintings
The San - Bushmen of the Kalahari

 Bushman Photos
Mike is particularly well known for his Bushman paintings (Khoisan). This very African art is a subtle blend of watercolor and pencil which has been central to his unique style. Although he has left Africa, now living in Scotland, his heart is still firmly planted there.

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Encounter
1530mm x 470mm
Triptych
€ 1900 - Framed
Contact BMW Matthes
Watercolour and Pencil
These !Kung have had an unexpected encounter with an animal usually avoided.
Bushman Paintings - The Encounter - San Bushmen (!Kung) have an unexpected encounter with elephant.

Bushman hunter after Roan antelope. Watercolor painting by Mike Elliott
In for the Kill
670mm x 300mm
€ 360 - Framed
Contact BMW Matthes
Mixed Media - Watercolour & Pencil
Culmination of a long day stalking

Mixed Media - Watercolour & Pencil. A Bushman hunter uses his significant skills to suppliment their diet of roots and berries. This painting to be shown in Nurnburg, Germany exhibition 18-21 March 2005 

A Satisfying Hunt
900mm x 650mm
£ 1150 - Framed
Contact Mike Elliott
Mixed Media - Watercolour & Pencil
Three days, using finely honed skills tracking & stalking, achieve a satisfying suppliment to their diet of roots and berries.
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'Patience' - A painting of a Bushman hunting zebra, in Watercolor & Pencil
Patience
670mm x 300mm
Price on request Framed
Contact Dianne Dixon
Mixed Media - Watercolour & Pencil
A !Kung Bushman waits his moment.
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Mixed Media - Watercolour & Pencil. Bushman Hunter reminisces on past hunts of his favourite meat. To be shown in Nurnburg, Germany exhibition 18-21 March 2005 

Sweet Meat
670mm x 470mm
€ 590 - Framed
Contact BMW Matthes
Mixed Media - Watercolour & Pencil
Hunter reminisces on past hunts of his favourite meat.
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Bushman Paintings/Collage - Transition - (Kalahari Bushmen in a changing World)
Transition
860mm x 660mm
€ 1000 - Framed
Contact Jörg Schilling
Collage
Watercolour, Pencil & Acrylic
Mounted on rice paper
Transition between two worlds for the San Bushmen in Botswana, from old to questionable new

Mixed Media Paintings in watercolor and pencil - Past Memories
Past Memories
320mm x 460mm
€ 300 - Framed
Contact Franz Irlich
  Mixed Media - Watercolour & Pencil
A Kwa Bushman remembers his days of youth.

'A Rich Prize' - The Eland is a Prized food source, large and rich in fat. Painting in Watercolor & Pencil
A Rich Prize
670mm x 300mm

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Mixed Media - Watercolour & Pencil
Reflecting on a favourite food.
Mike's paintings are based on many golden hours spent with the Kwa (Kalahari Bushmen) in Botswana which he visited regularly over period of 12 years. The later years also included some magic encounters with the Ju//wa, a !Kung Bushman tribe in Namibia. Golden days indeed, but touched with a little sadness as these Khoisan people were catapulted into the modern world at a pace too too fast for cultural adjustment. The inevitable transitions were too impatient to allow for social development without destroying structures that have sustained man for 10 000 years or more.

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