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Mike Elliott's prefered medium is watercolor. This combines well
with pencil for his distinctive portrayal of the ethnic African
Tribes of South Africa. His passion is for those legendary
hunting people, the Bushman. Not a tribe but loosely knit groups
of families and clans, within 4 large ethnic divisions. |
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Watercolors
with Pencil
Red Hartebeest
were a common prey in the Central Kalahari from where
they have been recently evicted
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Watercolors
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Bushmen
are one of the few people that will hunt Waterbuck for
food. |
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Watercolors
with Pencil
One
of a series for the 1998 calendar - "African Tales",
legends of African Tribes throughout the continent. A
Free copy of the Legends is available by request. |
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Watercolors
with Pencil
Another
"African Tales" painting illustrating a Legend
wihin most African Tribes, telling the story of how the
Zebra got its stripes. |
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Watercolors
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Sotho
legend, a large African tribe. More art for "African
Tales". 7 Paintings & 14 cameo sketches were
required as well as the Text and serious research. |
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Watercolors
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Third
painting in the series for the "African Tales"
calendar. This is a legend that originates in the Lake
Tchad Area of Africa |
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Watercolors
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More
African art for "African Tales". This is a tribal
legend of the Khoi people (also part of the Khoisan group)
in South Africa. |
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so called Bushman tribe do not really have a tribal structure.
They have no Chief or Paramount leader, unlike the other African
Tribes. Most decisions are made by group consensus based on
general discussion by all. The opinions of the most learned
amongst them are naturally given more weight in the decisions
but amongst the Bushmen everybody is given time and space to
give their views. The Bushmen of course spread far beyond South
Africa into Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zambia, Lesotho and
Mozambique. The traditional lifestyle of hunting and gathering
is now very rare but does occur in a few scattered outposts. |
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