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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CheersDears, post: 320233, member: 2131&quot;]I hadn&#039;t thought they looked African, and still don&#039;t -- more women and girls in long dresses and hats. The tall wooden barn, poppies in the foreground, trees and red roofs of the buildings, and the hills are very reminiscent of scenes around my brother&#039;s place in France. Marais is a name that originated in Normandy, apparently, and is not uncommon.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recognise all Wessel Marais&#039; more typical Cape subjects, but know of no African women or girls who dressed like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>The architecture in your pictures, Any, is Cape Dutch, and the workers&#039; cottages are common subjects of artists. However, I hadn&#039;t read your post saying some parts of SA look very European and am sorry if I caused offence.</p><p><br /></p><p>South African visitors agree this is not South Africa, but Wessel Marais might have painted anything he pleased.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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