African Wildlife paintings.

Original paintings of African Wildlife. African art both in pastel and Oil.

Scroll down through the gallery of African Wildlife paintings. I hope you enjoy them. You can purchase original paintings or limited edition fine art prints.

 
Wildlife Artist Eric Wilson with rhino at rhino sanctuary. Zimbabwe anti poaching rhino sanctuary.
 

I have spent a great deal of time in Africa researching my chosen subjects thoroughly. I like to go to very remote places and take time to sketch and to photograph the animals in their pristine environment. I'm pictured below at a rescue center for the endangered black rhino in Zimbabwe. The rhino population in Zimbabwe has been hit hard by poaching and places like this are a vital last stand for them.
It's not just the usual big five safari's that I go on either. Everything I paint I like to have had direct experience of in the wild.

 

Here I am in the magnificent jungles of Kahuzi Biega in Zaire where I was fortunate enough to spend time sitting with Eastern Lowland Gorillas.

African Wildlife Paintings Gallery

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VANTAGE POINT Oil on linen, 36 x 30.5 inches

VANTAGE POINT
Oil on linen, 36 x 30.5 inches

NAMIBIAN ELEPHANT Oil on linen, 12 x 10 inches Available: • Paper and canvas fine art prints .

NAMIBIAN ELEPHANT
Oil on linen, 12 x 10 inches

Available:
•Paper and canvas fine art prints.

M’TONGE EASTERN LOWLAND SILVER BACK GORILLA Oil on linen, 32 x 24 inches Available: • Paper and canvas fine art prints.

M’TONGE
EASTERN LOWLAND SILVER BACK GORILLA
Oil on linen, 32 x 24 inches

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•Paper and canvas fine art prints.

TUSKER African Elephant Pastel on pastelmat, 12 x 13 inches. Available: • Paper and canvas fine art prints .

TUSKER
African Elephant
Pastel on pastelmat, 12 x 13 inches.

Available:
•Paper and canvas fine art prints.

THE WARRIOR African elephant (Kenya) Pastel on pastelmat, 19.5 x 27 inches. This painting was the subject of my first pastel Masterclass DVD tutorial which has sold all over the world. The original work is an important and collectable piece. Av

THE WARRIOR
African elephant (Kenya)
Pastel on pastelmat, 19.5 x 27 inches.

This painting was the subject of my first pastel Masterclass DVD tutorial which has sold all over the world. The original work is an important and collectable piece.

Available:
•Paper and canvas fine art prints.

ELEPHANT DUSTING Pastel on pastelmat, 19 x 25 inches. Available: • Paper and canvas fine art prints .

ELEPHANT DUSTING
Pastel on pastelmat, 19 x 25 inches.

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•Paper and canvas fine art prints.

CLASH OF THE TITANS Pastel on pastelmat, 19.6 x 27.5 inches Available: • Paper and canvas fine art prints.

CLASH OF THE TITANS
Pastel on pastelmat, 19.6 x 27.5 inches

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•Paper and canvas fine art prints.

‘STRENGTH AND FRAGILITY’ Oil on linen, 24 x 36 inches. Eastern Lowland Gorilla. Sitting face to face with a silverback gorilla is an entirely different experience to when viewing one in a zoo. You are entering his domain and on his terms. Whether

‘STRENGTH AND FRAGILITY’
Oil on linen, 24 x 36 inches.
Eastern Lowland Gorilla.
Sitting face to face with a silverback gorilla is an entirely different experience to when viewing one in a zoo. You are entering his domain and on his terms. Whether you live to see another day is up to him and whatever superiority you may have brought with you as a human being instantly evaporates. I felt very much as though I was visiting a person who clearly held as much of an opinion about me as I about him. His enormous physical and spiritual presence was all-encompassing. Fortunately for me he was a benevolent soul who tolerated my presence.
I noted little white butterflies dancing around him. Nature's perfect juxtaposition of strength and fragility before my very eyes.
Only weeks later, he and his entire family were wiped out as target practice in a human conflict.
Mighty as he was, he was also fragile and vulnerable as is everything in nature, and every one of us. Strength is relative and illusory. As with the fragility of the butterfly. We are all neither yet we are both

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•Paper and canvas fine art prints.

BULL ELEPHANT - ZIMBABWE Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches. Available: • Original painting • Paper and canvas fine art prints.

BULL ELEPHANT - ZIMBABWE
Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches.

Available:
•Original painting
•Paper and canvas fine art prints.

GORILLA, KHAZUI BIEGA Pastel on pastelmat, 19 x 25 inches. Available: • Paper and canvas fine art prints.

GORILLA, KHAZUI BIEGA
Pastel on pastelmat, 19 x 25 inches.

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•Paper and canvas fine art prints.

JUVENILE GORILLA Oil on board, 16 x 22 inches. Available: • Original painting • Paper and canvas fine art prints.

JUVENILE GORILLA
Oil on board, 16 x 22 inches.

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•Original painting
•Paper and canvas fine art prints.

AFTERNOON’S GLOW Coloured pencil, 18 x 24 inches. This is a coloured pencil drawing on paper. It's the first time I ever used coloured pencil and I have to say I really enjoyed the vibrant colours which were perfect for the rich warm glowing colo

AFTERNOON’S GLOW
Coloured pencil, 18 x 24 inches.

This is a coloured pencil drawing on paper. It's the first time I ever used coloured pencil and I have to say I really enjoyed the vibrant colours which were perfect for the rich warm glowing colours you see as the sun begins to fall in Namibia.

Available:
•Original painting
•Paper and canvas fine art prints

RUCKOMECHI BUFFALO Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 inches. Available: • Paper and canvas fine art prints.

RUCKOMECHI BUFFALO
Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 inches.

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•Paper and canvas fine art prints.

BUFFALO WITH OXPECKER Pastel on pastelmat, 14 x 10 inches. Available: • Paper and canvas fine art prints .

BUFFALO WITH OXPECKER
Pastel on pastelmat, 14 x 10 inches.

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•Paper and canvas fine art prints.

RHINO Oil on Masonite, 16 x 24 inches. Available: • Original painting • Paper and canvas fine art prints.

RHINO
Oil on Masonite, 16 x 24 inches.

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•Original painting
•Paper and canvas fine art prints.

A TIME FOR REFLECTION Oil on linen, 40 x 30 inches. Available: • Original painting • Paper and canvas fine art prints.

A TIME FOR REFLECTION
Oil on linen, 40 x 30 inches.

Available:
•Original painting
•Paper and canvas fine art prints.