Kalahari, my painted ostrich egg, is now available on the Cheetah Conservation Fund’s 25th Anniversary Online Auction site. (Yes, this is a post about a painting of a cheetah on an egg, not a post about a cheetah’s egg. I just couldn’t resist using that blog post title!)
Kalahari – Ostrich Egg painted by Alison Nicholls
You can bid on it here, and the proceeds will help the Cheetah Conservation Fund, based in Namibia, with their excellent programs which help to conserve cheetahs & their habitat. Here is a little more information about my cheetah egg!
Kalahari
This ostrich egg painting features creatures found in the Kalahari Desert – the ostrich, the cheetah, the giraffe and the springbok; while the top of the egg shows guinea fowl feathers and porcupine quills. The colors of the egg also represent the colors of the Kalahari. White is for the wide, flat, salt pans. Blue is for the huge, pale pastel skies. Brown is for the thorny scrubby brush and tall grasses.
The egg is painted in acrylic and varnished.
Bid on Kalahari!
Read more about the creation of this egg:
Ostrich Egg design Rolls On
Ostrich Egg is Easier to Balance than to Paint
Learn more about the Cheetah Conservation Fund
Until next time…
Roll on…
Alison
Lovely, this is a fantastic little piece and for a good cause too!
Thanks Chloe, it was quite a challenge to paint this, but worth the effort I think!
I have a new blog post I wonder if you’d be interested in; I’m looking for artists, writers, photographers and more to feature in my blog to write about what they feel are key issues in conservation, focus species etc. Would you be interested in contributing?
https://cjwaterfieldart.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/the-conservation-conversation/