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DBBill
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Favorite artist for African Wildlife ???
      #27347 - 06/03/05 06:45 PM

Who is your favorite artist for African wildlife?

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mikeh416Rigby
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Re: Favorite artist for African Wildlife ??? [Re: DBBill]
      #27374 - 07/03/05 01:52 AM

My favorite happens to be a long time friend of mine, Allen Hallet. He's a former senior parks ranger for the Natal Parks Board. He's also a P.H., and specializes in Nyala. He was born in Kenya, and lives about an hour from Durban. He does bronzes of African game: anything from miniatures to life size. www.africa-calls.com

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Re: Favorite artist for African Wildlife ??? [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
      #27383 - 07/03/05 05:14 AM

Mike

While on safari or touring Africa, did you ever go to art shows or markets where local amateur artists displayed and sold their work?

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Re: Favorite artist for African Wildlife ??? [Re: AdamTayler]
      #27395 - 07/03/05 07:47 AM

Yes. I usually take an extra 3 or 4 days to see the sights and visit local artists. In the Drakensburg Mountain region of Kwa-Zulu/Natal there are several artists co-ops that display the wares of quite a few local artists. The Cape region has several good ones as well.

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Re: Favorite artist for African Wildlife ??? [Re: DBBill]
      #27547 - 09/03/05 03:23 PM

Doug Van Howd...His dad was a very close friend and hunting companion of mine. Doug did the famous "Resting Place" and the Bronz of Ahmed for the nation of Kenya. He was flown over to Kenya when Ahmed died, so he could sketch the elephant and get every scar and wart in the right places.

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Re: Favorite artist for African Wildlife ??? [Re: DBBill]
      #27550 - 09/03/05 04:37 PM

...sir william jardine (of jardine matheson fame)...classic turn-of-the-century renditions...

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Re: Favorite artist for African Wildlife ??? [Re: DBBill]
      #35335 - 02/08/05 09:53 AM

Daniel Smith from Montana! He is definitely the new sheriff in town!I thought Craig Bone was the best until Daniel appeared on the scene.

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Re: Favorite artist for African Wildlife ??? [Re: nitro476]
      #35531 - 07/08/05 05:11 AM

I agree! Daniel Smith has some stunning paintings of cape buffalo!

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Re: Favorite artist for African Wildlife ??? [Re: DBBill]
      #35535 - 07/08/05 09:22 AM

I agree with Daniel Smith and would add John Banovich and the late Simon Combes. I also am impressed with the work of Wilhelm Kuhnert of Germany but have never been able to find his work in the States.

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Edited by bwanamrm (08/08/05 02:02 AM)

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Re: Favorite artist for African Wildlife ??? [Re: bwanamrm]
      #169137 - 08/10/10 02:31 AM

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I agree with Daniel Smith and would add John Banovich and the late Simon Combes. I also am impressed with the work of Wilhelm Kuhnert of Germany but have never been able to find his work in the States.



By pure serendipity, I was sent a cop of Kuhnert's "Maneater" and after some judicious Google-fun, found that the original painting is actually for sale (trunked off the Lewis Drake & Associates website).

Warning - it's messy & graphic.
http://www.sitemason.com/page/drWnaU
Someone with a twisted sense of humor could always get a hi-resolution 8 x10" color laserprinted version and hang the framed result over their worktable.
Or in the kitchen, before anyone else came down for coffee.

See also
http://www.wildlifeart.org/artists/artistDetails/index.php?aID=243

Found this passage relevant and amusing -

If you believe that such man-animal conflicts no longer exist in our ordered and civilized world, consider the following excerpts from a recent report by none other than “National Geographic.”

“The anxiety among these villagers is completely understandable. Not only have lion attacks on people increased dramatically in the past 15 years in Tanzania—with more than 800 incidents resulting in 563 deaths and at least 308 injuries during that time—but almost half of those cases occurred in six coastal districts here in the south. Worse, the district we're in now, Lindi, holds the notorious distinction of being ground zero for Africa's man-eating lion problem. From 2001 to 2004, at least three different outbreaks occurred at the same time in Lindi, meaning three separate roving groups of lions terrorized the district at once. The mayhem left 113 people dead and 52 others severely mauled. After a lull in attacks in 2005, lions are once again engaging in the kind of ominous behavior that residents here remember all too well.”

The report goes on to say, “As lions chase bushpigs into maize fields, they come into contact with another potential food source—the plodding, largely defenseless, and often unaware human. Compared with, say, taking down a 1,500-pound Cape buffalo, attacking and eating a person, for a lion, is a little like Homer Simpson ripping open and inhaling a bag of Cheetos.”

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Re: Favorite artist for African Wildlife ??? [Re: Story]
      #169232 - 09/10/10 04:21 PM

FWIW, My better half has an African art website where she represents (mostly) local artists that has some nice stuff on it.

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post the link or not though?

Perhaps someone could let me know?

Otherwise if anyone wants it, just send me an email or PM.

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Re: Favorite artist for African Wildlife ??? [Re: shakari]
      #169250 - 09/10/10 11:29 PM

I guess I don't have a "favorite", and although it's not just African wildlife, some work that caught my eye recently was done by Kate Ferguson, a very talented Australian.

My wife and I had the pleasure of meeting Kate and seeing some of her captivating art at an SCI Down Under show. Never thought I'd see the breeze rippling the fur on a lion on canvas, or see water literally running down an elephants hide in a painting, but I have now. Quite amazing work, and she is a really nice person too. She also does great drawings. Might be worth checking out....

Best

Alex

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Re: Favorite artist for African Wildlife ??? [Re: DBBill]
      #169261 - 10/10/10 01:13 AM

I think this artist is phenominal. www.guysart.com His name is Guy Coheleach .

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Re: Favorite artist for African Wildlife ??? [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
      #169277 - 10/10/10 05:51 AM

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I think this artist is phenominal. www.guysart.com His name is Guy Coheleach .



Hell yes. There are some brilliant pics on the site.

Von Gruff.

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Re: Favorite artist for African Wildlife ??? [Re: alexbeer]
      #169278 - 10/10/10 05:53 AM

Quote:

I guess I don't have a "favorite", and although it's not just African wildlife, some work that caught my eye recently was done by Kate Ferguson, a very talented Australian.


Alex





link dosent work Alex.

Von Gruff.

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Re: Favorite artist for African Wildlife ??? [Re: VonGruff]
      #169286 - 10/10/10 08:03 AM

Fixed

Alex


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Re: Favorite artist for African Wildlife ??? [Re: alexbeer]
      #169385 - 12/10/10 06:01 AM

Thanks Alex.

Von Gruff.

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