Maggie Laubser: Birds in a Landscape with Figure and Huts (Blou Voëls) Flowers This 40 x 50cm version

This 40 x 50cm version of his masterpiece is challenging to paint and has 27 colours

the most interesting thing about them might be the dark markings around their eyes

This is one of a total of seven paintings with Van Gogh painted with poppies

Afterwards they treated us to breakfast with a view - this amazing view of this diverse city

This is our little contribution to emphasise breast health and the importance of awareness

Maggie Laubser: Birds in a Landscape with Figure and Huts (Blou Voëls) Flowers This 40 x 50cm versionMaria Magdalena (Maggie) Laubser was born in 1886 on a farm in the Swartland as the eldest of six children. She is highly regarded as one of South Africa's best artists and considered, together with Irma Stern, to be largely responsible for the introduction of Expressionism to South Africa. Like so many, her work was initially met with criticism, but over the years that has changed and she is now regarded as an exemplary and quintessentially South