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Jo Woolf Art
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BLAZING CLIFFS - SOLD
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE:85 X 60 cms
£650.00
As the sun’s rays light up the cliffs, the iron and manganese in the sandstone are suddenly ablaze, pulsating with energy and colours, copper, maroon, violet and orange. Sacred burial ground of the San people. Cedarburg South Africa.
SIZE:85 X 60 cms
£650.00
As the sun’s rays light up the cliffs, the iron and manganese in the sandstone are suddenly ablaze, pulsating with energy and colours, copper, maroon, violet and orange. Sacred burial ground of the San people. Cedarburg South Africa.
SACRED CLIFFS
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE:53.5 x 23.5 cms
FRAMED
£475.00
Dawn lights up the caves of the ancient San people. The Cedarberg is known for its dramatic rock formations. These sculptures in sedimentary rock, sandstone and shale created by wind and water over eons. Nature and the San Bushman spirits surround and enshrine these sacred spaces and rock art.
SIZE:53.5 x 23.5 cms
FRAMED
£475.00
Dawn lights up the caves of the ancient San people. The Cedarberg is known for its dramatic rock formations. These sculptures in sedimentary rock, sandstone and shale created by wind and water over eons. Nature and the San Bushman spirits surround and enshrine these sacred spaces and rock art.
PRIMAL FOREST
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE:54 x 43.5 cms
Not for sale
Ancient, giant Yellowwood trees, old emerald gold. The illumination opens up in the shape of a cosmic egg. Cliffs, orange, yellow aloes, waterfalls, dense, silent, I am rooted to the primordial earth. An early work before I knew that hardboard had to be prepared before painting.
SIZE:54 x 43.5 cms
Not for sale
Ancient, giant Yellowwood trees, old emerald gold. The illumination opens up in the shape of a cosmic egg. Cliffs, orange, yellow aloes, waterfalls, dense, silent, I am rooted to the primordial earth. An early work before I knew that hardboard had to be prepared before painting.
HARVEST MOON - SOLD
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE:32 x 27 cms
£275.00
As darkness falls the rising Harvest moon, illuminated in the orange phosphorescent moonlight, aloes glow. The Eastern Cape is bedecked with orange and red aloes dominating the landscape, amidst the fynbos and milkwood trees. Layering the paint for this painting has taken three months ensuring each layer has dried properly before resuming painting. A lesson in patience.
SIZE:32 x 27 cms
£275.00
As darkness falls the rising Harvest moon, illuminated in the orange phosphorescent moonlight, aloes glow. The Eastern Cape is bedecked with orange and red aloes dominating the landscape, amidst the fynbos and milkwood trees. Layering the paint for this painting has taken three months ensuring each layer has dried properly before resuming painting. A lesson in patience.
ILLUMINATION - SOLD
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE:80 x 54 cms
£550.00
The play of fast moving, refracted light and shadow creates a living light show.
SIZE:80 x 54 cms
£550.00
The play of fast moving, refracted light and shadow creates a living light show.
WATCHTOWER 2025
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE:32.5 x 24.5 cms
FRAMED
£ 185.00
Metaphor for our world - Evocative stillness as The Watchman waits for the Dove to return.
SIZE:32.5 x 24.5 cms
FRAMED
£ 185.00
Metaphor for our world - Evocative stillness as The Watchman waits for the Dove to return.
THE BIRD BATH, THE BOOK AND THE BALL
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE:46 x 33 cms
FRAMED
£295.00
The Great Karoo after the rains - View from the farm where simple life objects are juxtaposed with the sudden greening of the land and waterfalls.
SIZE:46 x 33 cms
FRAMED
£295.00
The Great Karoo after the rains - View from the farm where simple life objects are juxtaposed with the sudden greening of the land and waterfalls.
ENGLISH SPRING VALLEY
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE:53 x 43 cms
FRAMED
£450.00
English Spring, opulent, primary colours, foliage and flowers that towered over my head. The joy of green, walking in overgrown entangled, riotous chaos of the colours purple and lilac.
SIZE:53 x 43 cms
FRAMED
£450.00
English Spring, opulent, primary colours, foliage and flowers that towered over my head. The joy of green, walking in overgrown entangled, riotous chaos of the colours purple and lilac.
GATEWAY TO THE DESERT
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 20 x 50 cms
FRAMED
£350.00
Stark gateway highlights the golden desert sands, glowing in late afternoon sun, dervishes and dust sprites. Sprites are rare and seen when there are electrical storms over the desert.
SIZE: 20 x 50 cms
FRAMED
£350.00
Stark gateway highlights the golden desert sands, glowing in late afternoon sun, dervishes and dust sprites. Sprites are rare and seen when there are electrical storms over the desert.
OLD KAROO FARM
MEDIUM: oil on canvas sheet
SIZE: 45 x 32 cms
FRAMED
£285.00
Its 39 degrees and the land around the old farm is baking and baked still.
The name Karoo comes from an ancient San language the word meaning Land of Great Thirst, a reference to the arid landscape and harsh climate.
SIZE: 45 x 32 cms
FRAMED
£285.00
Its 39 degrees and the land around the old farm is baking and baked still.
The name Karoo comes from an ancient San language the word meaning Land of Great Thirst, a reference to the arid landscape and harsh climate.
CANNAS IN THE WILD
MEDIUM: oil on canvas sheet
SIZE: 24.5 x 33.5 cms
FRAMED
£195.00
Canna Indica on Kirstenbosch Mountains – Western Cape SA. Flaming red and orange flowers and can grow up to 3 meters.
SIZE: 24.5 x 33.5 cms
FRAMED
£195.00
Canna Indica on Kirstenbosch Mountains – Western Cape SA. Flaming red and orange flowers and can grow up to 3 meters.
CHRYSANTHAMUMS (STILL LIFE)
MEDIUM: oil on canvas sheet
SIZE: 24.5 x 33.5 cms
FRAMED
£195.00
Still life in red and orange. Stunning colours – these looked like paper flowers. Also called mums or Chrysanths from the Asteraceae family.
As a pair £300.00
SIZE: 24.5 x 33.5 cms
FRAMED
£195.00
Still life in red and orange. Stunning colours – these looked like paper flowers. Also called mums or Chrysanths from the Asteraceae family.
As a pair £300.00
RECLAMMATION - SOLD
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE:101 x 30 cms
£480.00
Nature reclaiming its space - soul-sap rising, saving our planet.
SIZE:101 x 30 cms
£480.00
Nature reclaiming its space - soul-sap rising, saving our planet.
REGENERATION AFTER THE FIRE
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE:43 x 32 cms
FRAMED
£220.00
Fires, life threatening and life giving. Rising from the ashes certain seeds need fire to germinate. Green shoots emerging from the ashes against a backdrop of burnt tree trunks. Near Ou Kaapse Weg Cape Town.
SIZE:43 x 32 cms
FRAMED
£220.00
Fires, life threatening and life giving. Rising from the ashes certain seeds need fire to germinate. Green shoots emerging from the ashes against a backdrop of burnt tree trunks. Near Ou Kaapse Weg Cape Town.
NIEWOUDVILLE - SOLD
MEDIUM: oil on canvas sheet
SIZE:33 x 24 cms
£290.00
Dusk, looking out from the dusty, long dry riverbed, the rocks glow maroon and purple. The tree in the distance highlighting the aridity of my surroundings.
SIZE:33 x 24 cms
£290.00
Dusk, looking out from the dusty, long dry riverbed, the rocks glow maroon and purple. The tree in the distance highlighting the aridity of my surroundings.
NEW FOREST& LONE TREE - SOLD
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
SIZE: 48 x 33 cms x2
£460.00
Midsummer in new forest.
Sold as a pair.
SIZE: 48 x 33 cms x2
£460.00
Midsummer in new forest.
Sold as a pair.
FLAME ON A STORMY SEA
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
SIZE: 34 x 26.5 cms
FRAMED
£280.00
Sailing, sky changes, and darkens and suddenly I am caught in a sudden squall. (Seaforth Cape Town) The orange sail becomes a beacon.
SIZE: 34 x 26.5 cms
FRAMED
£280.00
Sailing, sky changes, and darkens and suddenly I am caught in a sudden squall. (Seaforth Cape Town) The orange sail becomes a beacon.
MY GARDEN - SOLD
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
SIZE: 25 x 27 cms
£195.00
Softly flowering pastel spring colours in pink and warm white. Gentle and inspirational.
SIZE: 25 x 27 cms
£195.00
Softly flowering pastel spring colours in pink and warm white. Gentle and inspirational.
LEVIATHAN 1
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
SIZE: 21.5 x 24 cms
FRAMED
£480.00
Some of my recent themes reflect the turbulent times in which we live although I still use nature as my medium. Blue black wild Atlantic Ocean, giant rogue waves, and the Leviathan,
impervious to stormy seas, portrays the collective unconscious of the time in Cape Town.
SIZE: 21.5 x 24 cms
FRAMED
£480.00
Some of my recent themes reflect the turbulent times in which we live although I still use nature as my medium. Blue black wild Atlantic Ocean, giant rogue waves, and the Leviathan,
impervious to stormy seas, portrays the collective unconscious of the time in Cape Town.
LEVIATHAN 2
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
SIZE: 21.5 x 24 cms
FRAMED
£480.00
The calm after the storm as the Leviathan sinks back into the deep
Pair £800.00
SIZE: 21.5 x 24 cms
FRAMED
£480.00
The calm after the storm as the Leviathan sinks back into the deep
Pair £800.00
GALILEE
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
SIZE: 25 x 23 cms
FRAMED
£480.00
Travelling early dawn to the Galilee 1976. The colours illuminated the ancient hills as they rose and fell, and the sea of Galilee so light and still. The moon still outlined faintly in sky.
SIZE: 25 x 23 cms
FRAMED
£480.00
Travelling early dawn to the Galilee 1976. The colours illuminated the ancient hills as they rose and fell, and the sea of Galilee so light and still. The moon still outlined faintly in sky.
CEDARBURG – Pakhuis Pass
MEDIUM: Acrylic and oil on canvas sheet
SIZE: 29 x 38cms
FRAMED
£ 225.00
It is 43 degrees in the Cedarburg. A baking hot earth, bright paper dry flowers on the fynbos.
The air and colours are moving and vibrating, in heat shimmering landscape.
SIZE: 29 x 38cms
FRAMED
£ 225.00
It is 43 degrees in the Cedarburg. A baking hot earth, bright paper dry flowers on the fynbos.
The air and colours are moving and vibrating, in heat shimmering landscape.
SEFAT 1979
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
SIZE: 22.5 x 18 cms
FRAMED
£190.00
Ancient city of Sefat its dusk, an overcast day in this ancient mystical space town.
Blue lilac hills, cobbled alleys and stone houses. One of the four Holy cities of Judaism.
SIZE: 22.5 x 18 cms
FRAMED
£190.00
Ancient city of Sefat its dusk, an overcast day in this ancient mystical space town.
Blue lilac hills, cobbled alleys and stone houses. One of the four Holy cities of Judaism.
NAMIB “THE LAND THAT GOD FORGOT” - SOLD
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
SIZE: 65x85cms
£525.00
The name Namib is the San name meaning ‘The land that God forgot”
The desert of Namibia famed for its brilliant colours and stark landscapes and brilliant sunsets.
SIZE: 65x85cms
£525.00
The name Namib is the San name meaning ‘The land that God forgot”
The desert of Namibia famed for its brilliant colours and stark landscapes and brilliant sunsets.
FRAMED IN YELLOW
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
SIZE: 43.5.x33cms
£ 295.00
View from Muizenberg flat the window framed by yellow Tacoma Capensis intensifying the Cerulean blue of the Indian ocean.
SIZE: 43.5.x33cms
£ 295.00
View from Muizenberg flat the window framed by yellow Tacoma Capensis intensifying the Cerulean blue of the Indian ocean.
Where paintings have been framed with no border the actual size is within 0.5 cms larger than frame. Height Width Depth
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