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A few examples of oil paintings that I ended up keeping.

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Painted during the time of my daughters abduction-a oil painting about loss by artist gavin risi-an abstract and realism expression

a painting about apartheid and fond memories of being with my black mother anna-the artist is depicted as a white ant and anna is peeling the oranges they used to share-

an oil painting on canvas by south african artist gavin risi-the artwork is about reinventing a space for african forms to appear

Gavin Risi-oil painting of african spirits on a river-a mix of surrealism and abstraction

oil painting by gavin risi painted while living in a house in the tsitsikamma forest-one in a collection of four created during the time of his daughters birth

ndebele inspired abstract expression artwork by gavin risi-

an oil painting by gavin risi-a realism work with abstract spaces-depicting a shaman staff- a cricket a dolphin a child's face-a large painting in a collection of three-the energy and intent behind the art is a prayer to protect our planet

large oil painting on canvas titled thermonuclear hollywood by artist gavin risi-a premonition of the nine eleven attacks-a war plane created from the intercourse between a large cockroach and designer toothbrush-a realism painting with a portrait of a bosnian girl who was a victim of that war-she gazes past the war plane-a city monster eating the american flag towers over her- a gold reclining figure meditates in the centre

the white ant house is an oil painting by gavin risi-painted in 1986 it is a premonition of the dismantling of apartheid -based on the artists experience of crowds at rock concerts and protest marches-a large artwork

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35yrs (6) approx size 120cm x 80cm oil on canvas..JPG

29yrs (7) approx size 190cm x 120cm oil on canvas ( King Lear and his daughters ).JPG

40yrs approx size 170cm x 120cm oil on canvas.jpg

41yrs (3) oil on canvas approx.size 150cm x 100cm.jpg

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abstract oil painting by gavin risi titled urban spaces-painted while a student at the byam shaw college of art in london-the artwork was created in an attempt to understand the confined spaces in london in contrast to the wide open spaces of south africa

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oil on canvas-abstract painting of the personality of an abandoned maternity hospital-gavin risi squatted there in his large art studio with its hidden private garden in stockwell south london

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Gavin Risi

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