437 Shawu - Elephant
Acrylic on Canvas,
US$
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437 Shawu - Elephant
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Details
Acrylic on Canvas
W: 1103mm x H: 542mm x D: 25mm
W: 43" x H: 21" x D: 1"
Approx. Weight: 1300kg
This work is
unframed
Price
US$ 362
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Scale
Reference
437
About "437 Shawu - Elephant"
Shawu, was one of the big five elephants in the Kruger National Park. In fact had the longest tusks on record. He died of an infection from a wound inflicted by pouchers and his scull and tusks are on display in the Kruger National Park's Hall of Fame.
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About Ron
About the artist Ron Waldeck
"A man who paints to live, and who lives to paint", is an apt description of the artist Ron Waldeck. His involvement in art started at an early age, and his passion for wildlife, birds, and animals is as strong as ever.
Ron Waldeck, born in 1946, in the then Rhodesia. He is a self taught artist and started his career engraving artworks on brass sheet. He then switched to watercolours and gouache and his main concentration was on birds and wildlife, which he executed in great detail.
He has now progressed to producing a wide range of subject matter, which includes realistic impressionism and palette knife in an impasto style. Close-up work remains a favorite regardless of the subject matter. Bushman portraits to flowers, nudes to children playing on the beach, all bear the typical style of his close-up preference. Obviously, he has exhibited in many South African galleries and has also owned and run galleries in a number of towns and cities.
A few highlights:-
Selected by the Water Color Society of South Africa - top five to exhibit at Norscot Manor, Johannesburg. Exhibition in South West Africa, twice exhibited in Germany, at the Ambient Fair in Frankfurt.
Publications:
African Sporting Gazette - four-page spread. This is an international magazine.
Arabella Life - Arabella Sheraton South Africa - the official magazine of the Arabella Country Estate.
Has produced and established a print series which is marketed at selected outlets in South Africa.
Quotable quotes: - In the words of Reynolds
"The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed in it, or the mental pleasure produced by it. As this principle is observed or neglected, our profession becomes either a liberal art or a mechanical trade. In the hands of one man, it makes the highest pretensions, as it is addressed to the noblest faculties: in those of another, it is reduced to a mere matter of ornament; and the painter has but the humble province of furnishing our apartments with elegance."
If only he knew the value of those "ornaments" today. What a shame to think that many of the "greats" only achieve fame after their death.
There is no doubt that art is a calling of passion. It takes a stout heart to continue when you hear the words "I don't like it" when you have given your all.
Fortunately, the words "I'll take it" have the exact opposite effect, and the new day is taken on with confidence and enthusiasm.
A big "thank you" to all who have purchased Ron's works over the years. He is always most grateful and eager to produce the next, and who knows, you might just find yourself repeating the phrase that got you the first one.
Price Range
US$ 101-1,510
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Exhibitions
Ron was selected by The Watercolor Society South Africa as one of the top five to exhibit at Norscott Manor, Johannesburg.
Exhibited in South West Africa, twice in Frankfurt, Germany. Ron has obviously exhibited in numerous South African Galleries.
That Elephant No 918 won 2nd place in an international art competition. See the list below for Rons wins and the link to the site.
American Art Awards 2014 - 4th place in Floral Realism
(648 Jasmine)
American Art Awards 2016 - 4th place in Floral Realism
(708 Iris)
American Art Awards 2017 - 3rd place in Floral Realism
(769A Inca Lily)
American Art Awards 2020 - 6th place in Floral Realism
(818 Sunflower)
American Art Awards 2021 - 1st place in Portrait of Someone Not Famous (852 Khoisan woman)
American Art Awards 2022 - 6th place in Portrait of Someone Not Famous (884 Winter woolies)
American Art Awards 2023_ 4th place in Floral Realism
(917 Rosebud and Droplets)
5th place in Portrait of Someone Not Famous.
(869 Contemplation). Male Face, black and white.
2nd place in Realism Animal. (918 The Challenge) Elephant
3rd place in Realism Animal. (928 Cheek to Cheek) Leopard
Artists from 56 countries were competing
25 Top Galleries in America did the judging.
Education
self taught
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