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Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.
– Orhan Pamuk

Olamelikan Abatan, Lady, 2021
Mixed media, incl. charcoal, pencil on paper & Dutch Wax cloth in artist's frame
4 7.25 x 39.375 ins

#dogs #art #quotes #orhanpamuk #afticanart #hyperrealism
July 25, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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One unsurprising but lovely feature of Ethiopian-Eritrean Christianity is that monkeys occasionally play a prominent role in the stories about the saints 🐒

Ethiopia, 18th c. #monkey #africanchristianity #afticanart
On the left, a woman wearing a red skirt and a blue top is standing. A baboon is giving her flowers, while two more baboons observe, sitting on the ground.
December 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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For #WorldGiraffeDay 🦒:
Joseph Thiongo (Kenya, b. 1967)
#Giraffes in Color
Watercolor & ink on paper, 7.5″ x 11″ (19 x 28 cm)
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contemporary African art, watercolor painting in portrait orientation, trio of standing giraffes in native landscape, realistic-looking giraffes are juxtaposed with an abstract multicolor watercolor background in style typical of this artist
June 22, 2024 at 3:28 AM