In the winter of 1995, I rode by horse across Northern Senegal to Mali, West Africa. My horse was a local barb that I’d bought in a market from a Mauritanian herdsman. I named my white horse, “Léo Lawal”, meaning “moonlight” in the fulani language. He carried me faithfully along the Senegal River, across the Sahel.
In 2000, I had an exhibit of my paintings, with excerpts from my travel journals, titled, “Journey by Horse.”.
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- “The Waalo”, acrylic on canvas, Erika Connor 2000
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- “Crossing to Golymi”, oil pastel, Erika Connor 2000
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- “Tea with the Gendarmes”, acrylic on masonite, Erika Connor 2000
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- “The Herdsman”, acrylic on masonite, Erika Connor 2000
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- “Senegal Highway”, acrylic on masonite, Erika Connor 2000
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- “In the Baobab Forest”, Erika Connor 2000
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- “Somewhere on the Plains of Nabadji”, acrylic on canvas, Erika Connor 2000
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- “Léo Lawall in his nest”, oil pastel, Erika Connor 2000
