Tanzania is well known for some of, if not the oldest fossilized human ancestors. The most famous find was in Egypt, a hominin who lived about 3.2 million years ago was named Lucy after the Beatles song. There are quite a few nature reserves and parks, its clear that Tanzania is serious about preserving the nature and history of the land. Stone cutters and bones millions of years have been found there. But do you know what is even older? The rocks... in Africa the rocks can be 2.5 billion years old! You can say the rocks have seen it all, including these elephants walking along a creek. Painting the elephant silhouettes gave a sense of place, and scale. You can appreciate the enormity of the boulders and prominent tree in the middle. Parts of central Africa are very sparse, with just a tree here and there. Colours vary from pale peach to pale blue, accented by the surrounding olive green and tan grass. The earth in most African countries has a distinctive orange tint from the iron oxide, although Tanzania had a more yellowish sandy appearance. I only have the internet to go by, I wonder what it would look like first hand.
World Inspired Landscapes: Tanzania , watercolour 7 x 10" hot press, April 2025 (No. 2049b)
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