'I grew up in Mombasa which is on the Swahili Coast in East Africa. Zanzibar is to the South of that port and not too far over the horizon. I would sit on the coral cliffs below the Hospital watching the dhows as they sailed out of the Dhow Harbor, past English Point and disappear over the horizon. I often wondered where they went to and would imagine the adventures that they would encounter along the way. Zanzibar was one of their destinations then. And it is at Zanzibar where one can still see old style sailing dhows today, still plying a route to the mainland of Africa - but now mainly to the Kilwas in Southern Tanzania. They no longer travel to Mombasa and the Old Dhow Harbor there is empty and silent. This painting is my homage to a bygone era which was embelished by romantic craft such as sailing dhows - an era that is now coming to a close.'

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