South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, ...

And the bird’s distinctive features and call ... fossilised ostrich tracks which would otherwise have been missed. The African rail painting which we have described can take its place as the ...

The artwork borrows from classical easel painting techniques, posing African leaders in a style ... about pulling way back and having a sort of bird’s-eye view at the phenomena of the political ...

Half-human, half-bird However, the image does not simply depict an African rail, and this hints at a spiritual dimension to the purpose of the painting. Often San rock art images take the form of ...