I took a trip out to the Eastern Region of Ghana in 2006 and again in 2009 to paint scenes from a small scale illegal gold and diamond mining complex in a town called New Abriem. These mines are formed by tracing the smaller mineral veins that run off of larger deposits, which are being extracted by foreign commercial mines. It’s also where 19th century mining methods combine with ancient West African black magic religions to create an atmosphere and a landscape both visually and psychologically interesting.

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