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From my latest newsletter:

The grey wolf.

In my dream a massive grey wolf was loping alongside a railway train, one of those old steam trains of the American West, smoke drifting back over the twighlit boxcars, filled with wild animals and people. Mile after mile he ran, the wolf, tireless, a dark threatening presence.

I woke up, disturbed, worried about the foreboding sense of danger - Then I realised that the wolf was me. And the train was the idea of 'progress'.





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This week's newsletter will only be available on my website, here.
When I get back home, I'll resume sending them to you in person

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Feral art.
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The yellow ribbon
Art has been tamed, domesticated, leashed.
But the forces of nature transcend the forces of society.
Art is free again, wild, and prowling the forests of the night.


To view a selection of work available from my studio, click here

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Books and passions

For the love of art.
.Essays on major artists in history.

ABD. A Victorian alphabet.

Painting in Oils.
.Teaching notes from Ryno's workshops.

Curvilinear perspective.

The sounds of Venice.
.A movie I made while
painting before dawn...

Croptool.
.The perfect application for cropping your images, and it is free. Designed by Klaus Major and myself.

Thumbnails.
.How to make thumbnails for your website (Mac)

A chat on Fine Music Radio
.An interview with Philip Todres.

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Email: ryno@artistvision.org . Studio: 1 Rocklands Road, Simon's Town, South Africa. . Phone: +27 21 786 3975