Poems Paired Up With Paintings

Goats and Tomatoes

Goats And Tomatoes, A poem by Afra Kingdon

The Pink Tomatoes

The Pink Tomatoes, A poem by Afra Kingdon

 

The Dead Oak

TheDeadOak, A poem by Afra Kingdon

Dead Tree Again

Dead Tree Again, A poem by Afra Kingdon

 

 

Cork Oak Crucifix 1

Cork Oak Crucifix I, A poem by Afra Kingdon

 

 

Cork Oak Crucifix 3

Cork Oak Crucifix III, A poem by Afra Kingdon

Lion King

(Lion King was not actually inspired by Yann Martel’s ‘ The Life of Pi’ but seeing as we’re on the subject of ship-wrecked animal prisoners I thought I might as well share these illustrations I made about it – a book that will always resound with me deeply, as his ‘Mountains of Portugal’ does too).


Lion King

Lion King, A poem by Afra Kingdon

Tears of the Giraffe

In Botswana, women make baskets each with a different motif derived from a poetic story. Here was my rendition of their ‘Tears of the Giraffe’ basket motif. I painted it after seeing a bull giraffe hanging forlornly around a fresh carcass of a female who had been killed by lions, back in 1993 in the Kalahari.

The Rainforest Theatre Show

Some theatre sets from The Rainforest Show – 1984