Product Details
STEVE BURGESS
'THE WARNING', AN ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING OF AFRICAN BUSH ELEPHANT,
of approx. 52in. x 32in., gilt-covered wooden frame and depicting what appears to be a herd of batchelor males with the dominant male standing with ears spread, head raised and kicking up a storm of dust as a warning, the herd set amongst natural bush vegetation.
Provenance: Steve Burgess is a celebrated wildlife artist who works mainly in oils although he has used other mediums. No prints of this original are believed to exist.
Burgess describes himself thus:
"I am a completely self-taught artist and although I did not set out to become a Wildlife artist, my passion for the natural world and conservation has brought me to the point where I now almost exclusively paint Wildlife subjects. My numerous visits to Africa have inspired most of my work over recent years but I have a love for all animals and so I also paint British Wildlife or indeed subjects from any other part of the world. I'm never without a sketchbook to hand and so I am constantly drawing. Wildlife subjects rarely stay still for long enough to be drawn in detail and so some sketches stay in the sketchbook while others become the platform from which I develop a more in depth idea or a detailed painting. From my travels I also produce paintings of the indigenous people, the Masai being a favourite subject. Some of my Masai friends have bestowed upon me the honorary Masai name 'Olaishorani', meaning one who paints and draws pictures. My influences are firstly everything I see and experience around me and I try to convey a particular atmosphere from a place or a scene that I have witnessed when I work on my paintings. The contemporary artists who have influenced me the most are the great realist nature painters Carl Brenders and Daniel Smith."
Other Notes: For other work by the same artist, please see Lot 222.
Estimate £3,000-5,000