Artist: Addison Size: 4.0 X 4.5 Medium: Watercolor Colors: Grey rabbit with black eyes wearing a light blue jacket and an orange scarf. Brown sled is stacked with gift wrapped presents in various shades of red and green. Featuring: Bunny rabbit walking and pulling a sled full of presents at Christmas …
Artist: Addison Size: 6 X 4 Medium: Watercolor Colors: Traditional Brown vintage football with white stitching against a green and light tan background Featuring: Old Time Football displayed on wooden surface Title: Old-Timey Football, Original Watercolor by Addison: Original Sports Lovers Watercolor Painting About the artist: “Hello, my name is Addison Quirk. I like to place my art …
National Pumpkin Day has rolled around again and on this 26 October 2023 we discover that pumpkins the world over come in many shapes and colors. One sanctuary elephant in Chiang Mai, Thailand was snapped enjoying a green pumpkin as a tasty snack. And remembering our elephant Packy, who was born in …
It’s as If it were yesterday, watching Debbie and Ronnie, besties at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, twirling and dancing and squealing in delight (that’s trumpeting in elephant speak) as the rain came pouring down. What fun they had in their almost synchronized dance, pausing only to sling mud over their own backs! No taking shelter …
‘Whoops… ooommmmpppphhhh’ cried Amelia. ‘The machines are coming!’ warned Marvin. ‘I can’t move! ‘Don’t panic. I’ll help you.’ (Marvin) ‘Run, Amelia, run!’ ‘It’s okay, they’re slowing down, but we have to tell the herd!’ said Marvin (The elephant herd confronts Amelia) ‘You almost led them right to us.’ …
Host: “Toka, Thika and Iringa are three Toronto elephants. You made a very substantial offer to the City of Toronto. What was it?” BB: “Well, uh, Pat Derby called me and said that, uh, they had the three elephants, they thought they were going to be able to get them. Host: “Um hmmm” BB: “And they said …
It is not as uncommon as one would think, given that zoo elephants are randomly brought together from different locales (different countries of Africa, as in the case of the former elephants at the Toronto Zoo) and most importantly, different herds. Add to the mix captive born elephants who have never experienced even one day …
From the trauma of being captured from the wild (as his mama lay dying) to the years he spent suffering in the Islamabad zoo, our elephant Kaavan endured a life of both physical and emotional pain. Kaavan’s rescue & release to a sanctuary was the greatest gift humans could give to this elephant. It was …
Remember Me Name: Star Date of Birth: 18 September 2007 Place of Birth: village of Baan Tuek, Thailand Date of Death: 24 May 2010 Gender: Female Elephant’s Home: Boon Lott’s Elephant Sanctuary BLES Location: near the village of Baan Tuek in Sukhothai, North Thailand For information on this Baby Elephant’s Life & more photos …
She was so fragile they didn’t know she would even make it through the night, let alone bring another kind of joy into their lives at later date… This video is so beautifully produced and sweetly told Elephant Spoken Here will now defer to Dame Daphne Sheldrick and one of the selfless DSWT keepers / …
Artist: Addison Size: 2.5 X 3.5 ACEO Medium: Watercolor Colors: Pink, dotted with red, leaves; brown tree trunk; multicolor pebbles Featuring: Bonsai Tree Title: Bonsai, Original Watercolor by Addison: ACEO Original Watercolor Painting Featured at: ArtPal/Addison Continue reading »
Name: Thika (pronounced ‘Tee-ka’) (1) Date of Birth: 18 October 1980 at the Toronto Zoo Parents: Tantor (male) (2) born 1969, captured 1971, died 2 Aug 1989 & Tequila (female) (3) wild born 1970, captured 1972, died 2 September 2008. … Continue reading »
Artist: Addison Size: 2.5 X 3.5 ACEO Medium: Watercolor Colors: grey and white shark; blue & green Earth; blue grey outer space Featuring: shark Title: Space Shark, Original Watercolor Painting by Addison: ACEO Original Watercolor Marine Life Painting Featured at: ArtPal/Addison SOLD!!! Continue reading »
Dear Elephants: Here we are again on this World Wildlife Day 2022 hoping to create awareness of those species of wildlife that are the most critically endangered and in the most dire need of help. Unfortunately, you (our elephants) almost always top that list and as a keystone species the ecosystem, in turn, cannot continue … Continue reading »
Name: Toka Date of Birth: 1970; wild born in Mozambique, Africa Captured: 1972 (Toka’s mother was killed in a government ordered cull) (1) Procured by: the Toronto Zoo on 4 September 1974 Rescued: October 2013 Gender: Female Where Now: PAWS Wildlife Sanctuary (2) Loxodonta africana For more information on how to ADOPT TOKA (3) and … Continue reading »
Artist: Addison Size: 2.5 X 3.5 ACEO Medium: Watercolor Colors: dark brown & light brown buffalo; tan grasses with green trees in background Featuring: American Bison on the grassy plains Title: Biffy the Buffalo, Original Watercolor Painting by Addison: ACEO Original Watercolor Wildlife Painting Featured at: ArtPal/Addison SOLD!!! Continue reading »
Elephants who have had the good fortune of being rescued from their former dreadful lives (circus elephants, zoo elephants, logging elephants, and those used for elephant rides) and are in a healing place, such as an ethical sanctuary for elephants, would love to hear from you. So, if you love elephants take a moment to … Continue reading »
There is no better feeling in the world than to witness the best of humanity and the rescue of a zoo elephant. Dr. Amir Khalil, kindness radiates from your soul to the soul of that elephant, our elephant Kaavan. This is Dr. Khalil’s interview with TRT World Now, as Kaavan is finally home. TRT World … Continue reading »
Artist: Addison Size: 2.5 X 3.5 ACEO Medium: Watercolor Colors: lightly browned toast, white & yellow fried egg Featuring: Fried egg, heart shaped yolk, on toast Title: Valentines Toast, Original Watercolor by Addison: ACEO Original Watercolor Painting Featured at: ArtPal/Addison Continue reading »
Kaavan the elephant is filmed splashing himself with water as he is being transported** in his air freight container (#FreeKaavan) from the airport to his new home at Cambodia Wildlife Sanctuary. We see other glimpses of our Kaavan: the tip of his elephant trunk, his elephant toes with elephant toenails, just a happy bull elephant … Continue reading »