" PRORIGINAL " BY MALACHI SMITH, FAMED, S.A ARTIST, NOT TO BE MISSED !!!

MALACHI SMITH, BORN IN THE EASTERN CAPE IN 1948. MARRIED WITH 6 CHILDREN.

EDUCATED AT DE LA SALLE COLLAGE IN THE EASTERN CAPE HE REALLY WAS ONLY INTERESTED IN BECOMMING AN ARTIST. HE REGARDED THIS AS THE ONLY WAY HE COULD COMPETE WITH HIS VERY CLEVER PEERS AT SCHOOL AND THEREFOR, YOU SEE, IT WAS A MYSTERY TO THEM HOW ANYONE COULD MAKE A LIVING FROM HIS OWN ART.

TO FURTHER HIS WORK, MALACHI CONVERTED AN OLD AMERICAN MOTOR HOME TO BECOME HIS PERMENENT HOME AS HE TRAVELLED WIDELY THROUGHOUT SOUTH AFRICA STUDING FIRST HAND WILD LIFE AND HIS BELOVERED TREES AND ROCK OUTCROPS " KOPPIES " PARTICULARY AROUND THE VELD IN MPUMALANGA AND IN NATAL.

MALACHI FOUND TIME TO FOSTER A FAMILY OF 10 CHILDREN TO WHOM HE IS DEVOTED AS WELL AS TO THEIR MOTHERS !!!

HIS BUSHVELD AFRICAN SUNSETS ARE A GREAT JOY TO BEHOLD, AS ARE HIS PORTRAYAL OF THE  " UMBRELLA TREES " (OREBUS TORTILUS ) THE GRAND PROVIDERS OF SHADE AND SEEDS IN THE OPEN VELD.

MALACHI HAS NOW STOPPED PAINTING AND SPENDS HIS TIME WRITING.

UNFRAMED, BUT WITH BOARDS, ALL YOU NEED IS A FRAME OF YOUR CHOICE, BOARDS CLEAN, SIZE OF BOARD 31 X 23CM, SIZE OF" PRORIGINAL" 17 X 9CM.