Riverdreaming Journey

Several months spent in Pakistan and India finding the places of my imagination north of a line roughly from Lahore to Lucknow. There the Himalayas began writing a poem in my head ...

and who will then turn the wheels of tibet?
or string wind-horses across and empty sky?
every landscape needs a lama.....

... and I began working on a series of eight paintings which became the "Free Tibet" series.

And who will then turn the wheels of Tibet? [Free Tibet series] 400 x400mm, oil on canvas board, 2011.

Or string wind-horses in an empty sky? [Free Tibet series] 300 x 300mm, gouache on 170 gsm, 2009.

Every landscape needs a Lama 1 [Free Tibet series] 400 x 400mm, oil on canvas board, 2011. Himachal Pradesh, India.

Every landscape needs a Lama 2 [Free Tibet series] 450 x 300mm, oil on canvas, 2011.

Every landscape needs a Lama 3 [Free Tibet series], 300 x 250mm, oil on canvas, 2005/11. From the Lodge at Giants Castle, Drakensberg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

Every landscape needs a Lama 4  [Free Tibet series], 300 x 250mm, oil on canvas board, 2005/11. Northern KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

Every landscape needs a Lama 5 [Free Tibet series], 500 x 200mm, oil on canvas, 2008/11. Eastern Cape coast, South Africa.

Every landscape needs a Lama 6 [Free Tibet series], 300 x 300mm, oil on canvas board, 2011. Hadrian’s Wall near Steelriggs, UK.