bushbuck ewe | oil on canvas

This oil painting captures the quiet beauty of a bushbuck ewe — one of Africa’s most secretive and graceful antelope. Bushbuck live solitary, cautious lives, moving quietly through thickets and riverine forests where their dappled coats blend seamlessly with shifting light and shadow. Ever alert, the ewe relies on stillness and camouflage rather than speed, pausing often to listen, smell, and assess her surroundings with delicate precision.

She is fiercely protective of her young, hiding her fawn in dense cover for long periods and returning only to nurse, ensuring its safety through secrecy rather than open defence. Bushbuck are browsers, feeding softly on leaves, shoots, and fallen fruits, choosing their paths carefully as they move through the undergrowth.