“View of the Mara River”
In March 2007 I was able to go to Africa for the first time. The trip began in Uganda, continued in Kenya and ended in Zanzibar, and I was able to paint en plein air a little bit in each country. For this painting I sat on a platform that overlooked the Mara River in the Masai Mara. While I painted, colorful birds flew by, baboons ran behind me, hippos lolled about in the river below, and cowbells clanged in the distance as the Masai herders passed. View of the Mara River, 10 by 8", oil on linen panel, 2007.