Namib

This relatively late painting demonstrates the shift in Bradshaw’s output to bold, rich, expressionist landscape painting.

The choice of place is also significant: while for a long time he was inspired by the expansive horizons and colour palette of the Eastern Cape, this Namib desert scene, with its distinctive burnt orange and ochre palette, was a favourite of landscape painters ranging from Pierneef to Keith Alexander.

The abstraction of detail in the view and its seemingly unbalanced proportions also exemplify Bradshaw’s later output. 

Artwork courtesy of Brian Bradshaw Foundation.