African Bush Elephant
Long distance calling is a portrait of an African Bush Elephant moving
slowly among the long grasses of a gently rolling plain. He is an old fellow,
long in the tooth (so to speak) bearing the ravages of nature and the tears
and scars of jostling with the guys.
It was discovered in the 1980s that elephants can communicate with
low frequency rumblings. We didn’t know about these things because the
frequencies are beneath the human thresholds of about 1,000 Hz, depending
on the human.
These rumblings can be heard (felt might be a better description) over
long distances, and seem to be used for anything from challenges to other
bulls, or solicitations of romantic intentions.
This painting has been SOLD.
Long Distance Calling
Acrylic on mahogany plywood, 27 x 28 in. (1997)
Please do not reproduce the images in this display.
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