02/06/2026
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Barbara Siedle, the well-known wildlife artist and authority on game, turns her naturalist's eye to the North Drakensberg, where survival means adaptation to one of Africa's harshest terrains. These eight watercolours capture creatures that have learned to thrive where thin air meets ancient stone, where summer storms and winter frost test every living thing.
The Berg demands specialisation. What works in the lowlands fails at altitude. Here, only the adapted survive.
Barbara's fluid watercolour technique captures the essence of these mountain dwellers - from the alert eyes of predators to the sturdy features of grazers. Each portrait emerges as a study in adaptation, showing faces shaped by thin air, harsh weather, and the unforgiving beauty of high altitude life.
Some of these creatures you'll spot easily on Berg walks. Others remain shadows in the grassland, glimpsed only by the patient observer. All carry the mountain's signature - that particular alertness that speaks of lives lived on the edge of possibility.
Barbara's collection reminds us that beauty and harshness aren't opposites. In the Drakensberg, they're the same thing.
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Watercolour | 450 x 550mm mounted & backed | R3,900 each
Packaged for easy transportation, along with the artist's CV.
๐ 148 Montpelier Road, Durban
๐ 082 210 0641 | 031-3038133
๐ https://elizabethgordon.co.za/barbara-siedle
