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- Nameless Rites – Gary M James
As a boy the artist would day-dream out of the window towards the snowy peaks of Mount Kenya as Rider Haggard’s
“King Solomon’s Mines” was read to the class. Add to that a sea cave on the coral coast, entered underwater and lit
by a leafy overhead opening and the artists youthful tight rope walking hobby and [...] - The Entomologist and the Prawn Salesman II – Gary M James
Whilst reading Ian Fleming’s “Dr No” shortly after its publication, in a similar tropical setting, an elderly fisherman
arrived at the artist’s banda selling “prunes” (sic). In this story though, the young lady wearing the tools of her
trade is the entomologist. The ruins allude to the “Lost City of Gedi” not long discovered in forest on [...] - The Salt Seller – Alex James
Proportions of images vary widely but as a rough guide:
“Small” averages 34×60cm (.2 sq. metre) £75
“Medium” averages 50×80cm (.4 sq. metre) £135
“Large” averages 60×100cm (.6 sq metre) £175
Larger and smaller sizes are available on request. - Kuba Kubwa (big dome) – Gary M James
A baraza (meeting) hall. A speculative structure of mangrove poles, sisal rope, coir matting and clay based on a sea urchin shell. Sub-title “The Long Elephant” for the howdah half covering a pair – who have bundles of sugar cane as persuaders.
Proportions of images vary widely but as a rough guide:
“Small” averages 34×60cm (.2 sq. [...] - By ”North Sea” up the Nile – Gary M James
(TV pick of the Royal West of England Academy Autumn Exhibition, 1986)
Seen here are the control car, engine car and ballonette intakes of a “North Sea” airship,
re-routed for our voyage to the interior of Africa as it picks up water from the Nile.
Proportions of images vary widely but as a rough guide:
“Small” averages 34×60cm (.2 sq. metre) £75
“Medium” averages 50×80cm (.4 sq. metre) £135
“Large” averages 60×100cm [...] - The Goat Between – Alex James
Proportions of images vary widely but as a rough guide:
“Small” averages 34×60cm (.2 sq. metre) £75
“Medium” averages 50×80cm (.4 sq. metre) £135
“Large” averages 60×100cm (.6 sq metre) £175
Larger and smaller sizes are available on request. - Awaiting the Passing of the Ants – Gary M James
(TV pick of the Royal West of England Academy Autumn Exhibition, 1986)
In the forested caldera of an extinct volcano, the fabled “Graveyard of the Elephants”, a sangoma (medicine man)
takes refuge with companion primates from an unusually large and irate swarm of siafu ants.
Proportions of images vary widely but as a rough guide:
“Small” averages 34×60cm (.2 sq. metre) £75
“Medium” averages 50×80cm (.4 sq. metre) £135
“Large” averages 60×100cm [...] - River Market – Gary M James
(Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1990)
Not far from Karen Blixon’s (“Out of Africa”) farm a river ran from the same Ngong Hills through the artist’s childhood garden. Here it becomes a pan-African market with tall cliffs at the confluence of two rivers.
Proportions of images vary widely but as a rough guide:
“Small” averages 34×60cm (.2 sq. metre) £75
“Medium” averages 50×80cm (.4 [...] - The Flying Duka – Alex James
Proportions of images vary widely but as a rough guide:
“Small” averages 34×60cm (.2 sq. metre) £75
“Medium” averages 50×80cm (.4 sq. metre) £135
“Large” averages 60×100cm (.6 sq metre) £175
Larger and smaller sizes are available on request. - A View from the Gallery – Gary M James
Here we look back from the Cliffside gallery of River Market towards the opposite bank and the viewpoint for that original scene up behind the dracaena (the palm-like plant). In the original, the central pole is in partial bas relief and the hand rail is a hollowed half log.
Proportions of images vary widely but as [...] - Forecast – Gary M James
(Royal Academy 1991)
The forecast alluded to is matrimonial, not meteorological as some have thought. The “runes” are being
cast by a sangoma whose chamber is built into the fork of a low branching baobab tree. Below, the
chauffeur awaits the return of the (palm) oil magnate and his bride.
Proportions of images vary widely but as a rough guide:
“Small” averages [...] - A Wayside Oracle – Alex James
Proportions of images vary widely but as a rough guide:
“Small” averages 34×60cm (.2 sq. metre) £75
“Medium” averages 50×80cm (.4 sq. metre) £135
“Large” averages 60×100cm (.6 sq metre) £175
Larger and smaller sizes are available on request.