African Safari

African Safari: This was one of Eleven series paintings I did for an exhibition at the “Bite Burger House” restaurant in Ottawa  for a few months. it’s current location is on my wall in my apartment. This was one of two of my favorites. The reason I decided to paint Giraffes: I am raising money for a missions trip to Africa for the Sawubona Projects. The Sawubona Projects helps young girls and women learn how to do things like sewing, crafts, cooking etc. The Giraffe’s, Trees, Antelope and clouds were all made using permanent marker. In the distance you can see the small Giraffe, Antelope and tree. These were part of the Original painting. I didn’t like how small and stubby the Giraffe was compared to the tree and Antelope, it was size inaccurate. I painted over it twice thinking the marker would disappear and I could reset. This turned out not to be true. I just kept going for fun thinking I could always scrap it and do another one. I underestimated the power of paint and skill. It turned out extremely well and I am not just proud of this piece but extremely happy on how it came out. Not only dose the Giraffe in the back look like it’s in the distance but next to the other one it looks like a baby. It worked out in the end, so my advice to any artist is just keep going, trust the process and it will all work out in the end.

First painting description: Bright yellow sun slowly fading into orange and red blending seamlessly in a circular motion. In the background of the piece on the left hand side is a fluffy like tree. Next to the first tree is a small short legged stubby giraffe, and antelope on the right. In the foreground of the painting over the top of the first tree is a tall leafless tree and standing next to it facing the tree is a tall giraffe.

Second image description and explanation: This was the original painting. It is an acrylic painting. It has a tree on the left hand side of the canvas. Standing next to it is an extremely stubby, short giraffe. next to the giraffe is an antelope. behind them is a sunset. I didn’t like how it turned out so i painted over it, witch is what you see in the first painting. Because the tree, antelope and giraffe where made using permanent marker, when I layered it with paint on top, even after painting it twice, the marker showed threw. I didn’t enjoy that idea but kept going anyway. In the end it gives the illusion that there are things in the background.