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Women Dance A3 8 x 11.5" water color After our very warm welcome, the young woman danced in the light of a brassiere. They clapped, chanted and danced to the light of the fire $700
In the Heart of Lightness:
A Small Village in Zambia
In june of 2014 we flew to Tanzania and traveled across the plains to Zambia. We were filled with the sights, sounds, smells and feelings of the cultures of the region. The highlight of the trip was our time in a small village in the northwest area. Our nephew was serviing as a Peace Corps volunteer, as we did in Panama several years ago. We were very warmly welcomed and got to see how these people lived in a world without modern sanitatin, very limited access to health care and minimal education, where most people are married and have children by the time they are 15. They are some of the loveliest people I have ever met.
Young Women Carry Cassava From the Fields. See Zambia Series A3/11.5 x 16.5" $700
Walking the Bush A4/8x11.5" water color. From our safari in Zambia, our friends walk the bush near the village. Sold
Tanzanian Plains water color A3 16.5 x 11.5" We landed in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and took the two day rickety train ride across the Tanzanian Plains. $700
The Chorus A4/8 x 11.5 (sold) After our warm welcome (See Heart of Lightness) they lined up and sang harmonies for us. It was total darkness except for the moonless stars and the light of the fire.
slide show set to Zambian Music
Heart of Lightness II A4 8 x 11.5" We walked on the path towards the village under the glow of the yellow moon. After almost an hour we saw the glow of campfires on the hill. Soon we were welcomed with shrieks and smothered with hugs and kisses on the cheeks. It was an amazing and unexpected welcome. $350
Heart of Lightness I, A4, 8 x 11.5 (sold). We walked on the path towards the village under the glow of the yellow moon. After almost an hour we saw the glow of campfires on the hill. Soon we were welcomed with shrieks and smothered with hugs and kisses on the cheeks. It was an amazing and unexpected welcome. SOLD
Jumper in the Village A11.5 x 16.5" We brought jump ropes for the kids. When we brought them out they appeared in an instant. Even some of the adult women joined in. $700
On the Elephant A3/11.5 16.5 watercolor We rode through the bush. $700
f Lightness III, A4, 8 x 11.5 We walked on the path towards the village under the glow of the yellow moon. After almost an hour we saw the glow of campfires on the hill. Soon we were welcomed with shrieks and smothered with hugs and kisses on the cheeks. It was an amazing and unexpected welcome. $350
Women Carries Chicken A4/8 x 11.5 fter a 48 hour journey by train from Dar Es Saleem in Tanzania and a 100 km hair raising taxi ride, we got to Ndola. The streets were crowded with locals and amazingly clean compared to most 3rd world countries we've been in. This woman was walking ahead of us. They carry everything on their head! $350
Women Gather Sand II A3, 11.5 x 16.5" (sold) water color. The Peace Corps project here is a dam to feed fish ponds. There is a shortage of protein in the diet and the fish will help, plus they can be sold. Here the women collect sand for the concrete spillway. SOLD
Women Carry Cassava watercolor A3 11.5 x 16.5 (sold) This is how products are generaly transported from field to kitchen.
Woman Carries Water A4/8x11.5" watercolor In these villages there is no running water. The women carry it on their heads in these 5 gallon/20 liter containers. $350
Women Gather Sand A4, 8 x 11.5" (sold) water color. The Peace Corps project here is a dam to feed fish ponds. There is a shortage of protein in the diet and the fish will help, plus they can be sold. Here the women collect sand for the concrete spillway. SOLD