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40 Okavango Channel Blooms co m m e n t ‘The light began to dim towards dusk as I arrived. Frogs had started to take over from the calls of daytime water-birds. For some reason that moment has clearly lingered in my brain for decades, resulting in a series of images that have subtly altered in style with the maturation of my painting over the years. Pristine, unpolluted water supporting a raft of water lilies; it’s almost too conventionally pretty to paint. What fascinates me is that this lovely stretch of water is surrounded by a wilderness tense with the presence of mega-herbivores and carnivores. Just another stretch of wetland in the Okavango.’ 15 John MEYER south african 1942– Okavango Channel Blooms 2013 signed; inscribed with the title on the stretcher oil on canvas 115 by 155 cm R550 000–600 000 NOT E S John Meyer is one of South Africa’s leading contemporary realists. Meyer has put his indelible stamp on the genres of landscape, portraiture and narrative art.