Artist: Addison Size: 6 x 9 Medium: Watercolor Colors: Grey tusker elephant standing upon a pale tan sandy beach (with green & brown grass tufts) featured against the backdrop of a blue green ocean and a light blue cloud filled sky. Featuring: Majestic tusker elephant posing for his picture while enjoying his “day at the beach” Title: …
Artist: Addison Size: 2.5 X 3.5 ACEO Medium: Watercolor Colors: Cat has yellow fur with cream patches on his face, pink button nose and striking emerald green eyes with black pupils; red lady bug has black spots and antenna Featuring: Cat looking cross-eyed at ladybug atop his nose! Title: “Cat Blind Spot,” Original Watercolor Painting by … Continue reading »
World Elephant Day is a day to talk about elephants; to show our concern for them or to just share our love for them with others, in any way (social media, small gatherings, fundraiser events). Elephant Spoken Here was also born on this day, August 12th, in 2015, to advocate for both elephants in captivity … Continue reading »
Make this World Elephant Day fun, whilst learning about elephants, by creating a work of art out of wire to hang on your wall! This easy elephant craft idea (2) (adult supervision required) is featured on the World Elephant Day website (2) and Orsi has taken it a step farther by not only creating the … Continue reading »
By their very nature elephants are drawn to the bounty of trees and in that thirst and hunger often leave a path of destruction from which one would not expect a renewal could possibly occur. Yet emerging from that desvestation it is the elephant, vis-a-vis their nomadic instincts, that contributes to the renewal of the … Continue reading »
Artist: Addison Size: 5 x 7 Medium: Watercolor & Ink Colors: Pink mama elephant and her pink baby are profiled against a pale blue sky with the green ground beneath them Featuring: Mother elephant playfully balancing her baby on the tip of her trunk as she reclines, kicking her legs up high, upon the ground Title: “Balancing … Continue reading »
There is a magical place for rescued elephants in South America called Elephant Sanctuary Brazil (7) which currently provides a home for five “happy residents” (6) Maia, Rana, Mara, Bambi and Guillermina . One wouldn’t think the setting could be more idyllic but for a towering copaiba tree affectionately known as “The Lollipop Tree”. It first … Continue reading »
One of the best parts about being an African elephant is enjoying the succulent benefits of the marula tree. Named “The Elephant Tree,” (3) (1) for the herds’ dedication to making the trek each summer to savor the “sacred marula fruit” (3) at peak harvest, these special trees attract the elephants. Their remarkable olfactory systems, … Continue reading »
Artist: Addison Size: 6 X 9 Medium: Watercolor Colors: Sinister black scorpion approaching fiery red hot sauce in clear bottle topped with a red cap. Smoky grey black label with black, yellow and white lettering. Dark sage green shadowing. Featuring: Sinister scorpion approaching a bottle of his namesake Tabasco Sauce! Title: Sinister Scorpion Tabasco Sauce, Original Watercolor … Continue reading »
On this special Sunday, 12 May 2024, create a Mother’s Day card that reflects the love you have for your mama, and elephants. This mother and baby elephant is easy to draw with the time-lapse video. For elephant lovers one and all! Happy Mother’s Day 2024 Protect Our Elephants … Continue reading »
If not for the villagers who alerted the elephant rescue team in the Wilpattu National Park in Sri Lanka (2) the plight of a baby elephant pulled from a ditch might have been dire. As the wildlife officials arrived they estimated the calf had been trapped in the ditch for “more than 36 hours” (1) … Continue reading »
