Rino á Roma Painting

The painting is painted with oil colours on linen. The work is stretched on a wooden frame with a thick wooden cross in the back. There is no hanging hardware. The work is inspired by my interest in endangered animals. I think it is interesting to humanise the animals by placing them in a setting known to us where the viewer can relate to them. The image was inspired by an old photograph of a known painter sitting in his studio in Rome. In order to make this image I created a small three dimensional model where I sculpted the rhinos and used them as models to paint from.