Andrew Bone was born in Zimbabwe in 1957.It was at Imire Game Ranch that he began painting and discovered that people wanted to buy his work.

He started dealing with local galleries where his early work was always in demand. In 1990, Andrew decided to venture into the international market. He headed to the U.S.A. where he discovered the shows that suited his type of art and has since made convincing headway in the international art world. He has had successful one-man exhibitions and each year he travels to the U.S. to exhibit at the famed Safari Club International show in Reno and the wildlife and conservation show in Charleston.

His heart remains in the country of his birth. He needs to be surrounded by the sights and smells of his beloved Africa, where every painting he portrays on canvas, he himself has witnessed.

Linda Lemon was born in Zimbabwe and currently resides in South Africa. Her love for the African bushveld inspired her to experiment with pastels and oils in order to capture its harsh beauty and energy. Linda has an eye for detail and realism means that her work is sought after by private collectors in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Linda is dedicated to promoting nature, art and conservation worldwide.

Charlotte Firbank-King was born in South Africa in 1944. At the age of six her family moved to the Victoria Falls, Zambia. It was here that Charlotte developed a deep love for the African bush and all the inhabitants. She received art lessons

from the age of three and completed a three year diploma in art at the Pretoria Art College (South Africa) in 1965. Charlotte has an extensive reference library and also undertakes numerous research trips, using her photographs to paint from. Charlotte has had her work exhibited in many galleries around South Africa, including the Everard Reed and Karen McKerron Galleries in Johannesburg, and the P.E. Art Gallery and Ron Belling Gallery in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Trish Perrevos In the early stages of her career, Trish owned a commercial art business specialising in retail advertising and graphic design. She sold the company after several years and utilised the proceeds to launch a career in fine art. Initially working in the field of acrylic portraiture, specialising in urban African faces, the artist held her first exhibition at the Crake Gallery in Johannesburg, after which she moved into wildlife art in the medium of oil, and has exhibited in all the major galleries in South Africa. Her wildlife studies have been bought by collectors in Europe, the U.S.A. And Australia, and have been published in The Directors Collection, and reproduced as prints, calendars, and jigsaw puzzles.

Evelyn Stoyanov was born in Bulgaria in 1962. His fascination for African culture, history and the environment began during his childhood years, and his eagerness to explore Africa in more detail, developed through his studies of African Ceramics at the Special School of Fine Arts. After completing his studies at the Bulgarian Institute of Fine Arts, Evelyn moved to Germany where he started freelance painting and taught at an Institute of Fine Arts. His professional career as a wildlife artist began in 1995 when he moved to South Africa where he was commissioned to produce his first wildlife painting. This turned out to be a great success and, since then he has been engaged in refining his techniques in his quest to explore and master the aesthetics of form, movement and beauty of the indigenous wildlife of Southern Africa. Evelyn has a passion for wildlife distinguishes his depictions in terms of the raw energy latent in his works, and drives his desire to capture the essence of the animals that he paints.

John Louw was born in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa in 1931. John started his career in silkscreen printing and graphic art, and then entered the curio field making animal models and marketing copper plaques and statuettes. He studied oil painting at the Natal Technical College and, since 1993, has been a full time artist. Self taught, John is continuously developing and experimenting with different techniques and believes that an artist never stops learning. He prefers working with oils on canvas, especially African wildlife scenes, and having studied anatomy and colour harmony, John is equally good with figure studies, finding that his experience in sculpting has given him an advantage in giving precision and reality to his paintings. His work is exhibited and sold at all major galleries and shows both in South Africa and internationally. The essence of Africa is captured in his wildlife work.

Unique Wood African Ornaments and Gifts

Unique, high quality, gifts, ornaments and interior products are imported direct from artists in Zimbabwe. All our items are handmade and while no two are exactly alike, each is a creation of art and a one-of-a-kind collectable.Exquisitely hand-carved from non-endangered jacaranda, munyunya, musororo, or mukwa wood, these sculptures are each one-of-a-kind with unique markings and poses. No two sculptures are exactly alike. The artists get their inspiration to carve these wonderful figures from observing the animals in their natural surroundings.purchases of our products help provide stable employment and basic needs for many dependants in a time when unemployment and inflation in Zimbabwe are at unimaginable levels. All products are fairly traded, with the artists either working for themselves, or working in co-operatives. The majority of the products have point of sale tags which include a picture of the artist who made the product together with a short biography.