Mud Pack 100 cm x 50 cm

This is just great as it is, all the focus is on the beasts.

Absolutely magnificent! You should be well pleased with this. jean

Marvellous. I like the mud dripping off the large elephant - this would make an interesting study on it's own for your next painting. The foreground might benefit from a few grasses giving more depth if you are going back to it that is.

Wowser... I adore Africa and ellies.. this is just wonderful,also brings back many happy memories for me. Love it.

Wonderful work! Elephants always make such lovely subjects with their imposing size, wrinkled skin and beautiful colouring, especially if you paint them at a waterhole. Reminds me it's time for my annual pilgrimage to the Kruger National Park! Thanks for your comment on my painting of Giants Castle too!

Superb painting; I don't think you need to do anything with the foreground, but I know that if you do, you'll do nothing to reduce the impact of the beasties themselves; you have the anatomy of these elephants, of both sexes and of varying ages, absolutely spot on in every case. I could burble on in this vein for some time - it's a marvellous picture.

Marvellous painting.

JUst wow soooooo good.

I also think the foreground is perfect the way it is. Africa is like that and the colours are very complimentary of each other at the moment and harmonise well. The introduction of anything else would have to be extremely carefully done so as not to upset the balance that is there. It is so skilfully done already. Why faff with a perfectly fantastic painting? I think it's stunning. Jx

Faced with the usual dilemma of POL as to whether my thanks will be read by you all who commented, I decided to leave this note here as well as say thanks in the individual galleries - thank you all for taking the time to comment, much appreciated. Seems the consensus is to leave the foreground as it is. @ Ronald, I wasn't considering adding grass, not because it wouldn't make a good foreground but because it would be very untypical of the hundred or so yards surrounding a waterhole which is almost always denuded of grass because of the concentration of hooves!

All I can say is -WOW!!

And the overall African lack of grass in these areas could mean that any animal finding the waterhole might eat it anyway!!! Andrew, what is P.O.L. please?

extraordinary painting!

i really like the realism of your animals, very inspiring to me as a new artist. i like to learn from other artists techniques.

I have to say I love your' elephants,you have a great talent hun,you can almost smell the dust and the heat of the day,the elephant in the centre looks like she is defending the water hole from the viewer of the picture,she could quite easily charge straight of the picture!,just breath taking. kind regards karen .