Kenya is a vast country in the north central part of Africa with low mountainous terrain, flat savanna, and wetlands in the south of the country. Millions of birds live in Kenya including the iconic pink flamingo that feasts on shrimp in the pink lakes. I got a large picture book from the library and was impressed with the rugged landscape and the colourful clothes that the locals wear. It appears that Kenya has a large tourist industry too, for people to visit and see the wildlife and landscape. The idea behind this painting was to capture some sense of the rugged landscape in the craggy, high contrast tree, along with a veritable wall of pink. At first glance you may not even notice there are a bunch of flamingos eating, flying, and hanging out on the shore, including one sticking its beak into the foreground. I got the flamingo shapes by randomly scrolling down an image search on my smart phone. You can kind of sit in your art chair now and get any image you want on the phone. The sunset goes from yellow to orange to tomato-red in the sky. The painting should have been called 'pink flamingos in a pink lake at sunset.' Who needs AI when you have a wild imagination!
World Inspired Landscapes: Kenya, watercolour 10 x 11" cold press, November 2023 (No. 3660)
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