Gary Lee Kvamme

The Elephants of Africa Gary Lee Kvamme

Elephants have captured man's imagination and respect for thousands of years. In some ways we can draw close parallels between humans and elephants. Like humans, elephants have the capacity to modify their habitats dramatically, and their need for space often brings them into direct conflict with expanding human populations. Elephants, like our own species, are noted for their intelligence, close family ties and social complexity. In other ways, they remain mysteriously different. The present array of paintings vividly explores my enduring fascination with the elephants of Africa.