Elephant Rear

Went and looked at my Paintings file and this is the 19th elephant that I've done! This one was created for the Daily Paintworks "Elephant" challenge and I decided to have some fun with color and also decided to go for a rear view. The photo for this painting was provided by friends Wade and Sheena Hanson who have given me many great photos from their trip to Africa.

24x24 gallery wrapped canvas 1.5" Profile
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In the Wild

My very sweet painting friend Sherri had a friend travel to the Serengeti a while back. She generously passed along many photos to me, including some great elephant ones. I much prefer to paint animals in their natural habitat and love elephants, so I was thrilled.

12x12 on 1/8" museum quality panel

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Elephant in Grays

I have been on an elephant and octopus kick, painting larger again too. Just when I think I've found my niche, I'm off in another direction! Just enjoying the ride!

This one was painted on a black gessoed canvas, like most things I've been doing lately. Nice and loose with fun bits of the black peeking through.

20x24 on 7/8" gallery wrapped canvas
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Orange Elephant

It has been a long time since I've painted an elephant. I wanted to do a bright one, and am always so drawn to this color combination. He was done completely with brush, then I added some palette knife details to make it more juicy and interesting.

10x10 on 3/4" gallery wrapped canvas

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Here are some process photos--the last before I added palette knife: