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Due to the Covid 19 virus lockdowns, I was inspired to paint a scene where mankind's presence has gone. Going back to a time on this crowded island, that being the UK, when big animals ruled the roost. During an ice age summer, blue skies would prevail and tundra would provide plentiful food. The Wholly Rhinoceros will never come back, or the steppe Bison, but the Hyaenas are sill about, but not here. Nature will prevail. I hope this scene will make viewers think that once Europe and the Americas, resembled Africa in the variety of big game or megafauna that existed there. Although climate change played a big part in the mass extinctions of animals, humans were also to blame. This picture was done on Bockingford 140 watercolor paper, and Windsor & Newton watercolors. Watercolor enables artists to blend colors and effect lifelike representations by letting the paper do the work. The prints are on quality German Glicee watercolor paper.
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2020
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Giclee on Fine Art Paper
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12 W x 9 H x 0.1 D in
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17.25 W x 14.25 H x 1.2 D in
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White
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Yes
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STEPHEN ALPE
United Kingdom
My name is Stephen, but don't mind being called Steve. I was born at the end of 1959, but was meant to be a 60's baby. Bulawayo, in the then Southern Rhodesia, is my home town. I always liked drawing, but only began painting seriously with watercolor in 1986. I have always loved wildlife, specially birds. In Zimbabwe as Rhodesia became, birds are everywhere. I thought it would be easy to paint them from photographs, but that is not the way to go. You need to be able to show the real character of each species. I much admired and became inspired by such artists as D.M. Reid Henry and Cloe Talbot-Kelly. My early efforts were not good, but I tried to improve despite unrelenting criticism from birdwatching friends. On moving to the UK in 2007, I gave up illustrating wildlife all together. I began to explore abstract and modern art from artists like Kandinsky and Joan Miro. People fascinate me and the human form, both female and male are great subjects. I do not have a huge studio, only a bedsit. However...before you sign out, being self taught I do produce original work which is both intriguing and eye catching work.
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