The Great White Rhino (48 x 48 in, oil on canvas) This one is life size. I’ve done many elephant and rhino paintings over the years, with 100’s of photos that I’ve detailing the complexity of the skin folds. For a successful piece, the relative size of the folds to the overall size of the animal needs to be correct. As I’ve often stress the importance of relative values, the values of the skin fold shadows must be accurate to the overall mass shadows of the animal, in relative values and intensity. For these reasons, I enjoy capturing these massive animals repeatedly without losing interest .
