Title: Where the earth waits
Oil & mixed media on canvas | 40 × 50 cm (2cm deep)
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In Where the Earth Waits, a herd of Boerbokke stands quietly beneath a bruised sky; calm, watchful, anchored.
 
Rendered in soft earthy tones and loose atmospheric brushwork, this painting captures a moment of stillness before change. The goats are not just livestock, but witnesses to weather, carriers of memory, keepers of place. Each one stands alert, yet unhurried. Mirroring the quiet strength of the land they inhabit.
 
This work is part of Cecile de Villiers’ continued exploration of presence, silence, and the sacred ordinary in rural South Africa. It speaks to belonging, endurance, and the kind of stillness that listens before it moves.
 
For collectors who are drawn to earth tones, pastoral memory, and landscapes of presence.
 
Music: African Daydreams · Dizu Plaatjies · Gideon Murray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd20TaQwAv8&list=OLAK5uy_lXUk36H8KbVnhtmqpHo0iY6qWdUacXM0o&index=43