Kenia

Deze serie tekeningen is gemaakt naar aanleiding van een reis die Brigida in juni 2006 gemaakt heeft naar haar geboorteland Kenia. Samen met haar kinderen bezocht ze de plekken van haar jeugd. Het is een serie bomen geworden die oa getoond zijn op een expositie in Paphos (Cyprus) 2006.

 

Baobab keep watch over the thousands of sisal plants

2006, waterpaint on paper 30x20cm

Neath the baobab that bows by the wind, Theo is sheltered in the shade

2006, waterpaint on paper 30x20cm

It waited more than 500 years for the little boy to climb so high alone

2006, waterpaint on paper 30x20cm

Even the acrobats grow trees that impress

2006, waterpaint on paper 30x20cm

majestic this young tree allready rises big

2006, waterpaint on paper 30x20cm

Coconut trees sway all over the place

2006, waterpaint on paper 30x20cm

We saw one tree of which we see hundreds inside our head when in Africa

2006, waterpaint on paper 30x20cm

 

Some small towers become older than trees

2006, waterpaint on paper 30x20cm

High necks standing ready near the woodcarver 's tree

2006, waterpaint on paper 30x20cm

The path to the swimming pool of the Mombasa yacht club

2006, waterpaint on paper 30x20cm

A bare tree and what do I see ... no ... I see nothing no bird

2006, waterpaint on paper 30x20cm

Hairy black balls decorate bare accacia trees in Tsavo East

2006, waterpaint on paper 30x20cm

The honour their trees and treated us like kings

2006, waterpaint on paper 30x20cm

The drooping tree stood silent to illustrate the feeling of a long goodbye

2006, waterpaint on paper 30x20cm