Wall Painting

From the dawn of civilization, even before early man gave up his nomadic lifestyle and settled down from being a hunter -gatherer, our innate desire to announce our presence has driven man to adorn his surroundings with visual depictions of all kinds. Humble cave paintings are the first signs we see of this behaviour, the earliest cave paintings dating back over 40,000 years depict simple geometric shapes or imprints of the palm or hand, as if to simply say ‘we were here’. As mankind evolved and neanderthals gave way to Homo Sapiens as we know them today, the artistic capabilities evolved with them. Rudimentary shapes and colours began giving way to more elabore depictions of definitive events from in and around their communities. From scenes of epic hunting battles between man and beast to renditions of the awesome power of mother nature, wall paintings in these caves soon became the first versions of documented history.