AFC 2014 Exhibit Artwork Preview: A Formidable Display (2013) by Chris McClelland, Australia supporting the Painted Dog Conservation Organization. Chris, Margie and I have been in close contact with hippos during our many travels to Africa, often having to carefully circumnavigate pods of hippos in rivers and waterways while leisurely travelling in boats and frail canoes. We have treated their presence with great respect when walking on foot through their grazing territory. In this scene, a territorial male aggressively confronts a trespassing bachelor bull approaching too closely to one of his females with calf. The hippopotamus has a formidable set of teeth and tusks and its jaws are capable of an impressive 150º gape. Yawning or opening of the mouth is a dominance or threat display. Closely bonded to her calf, a disturbed and protective female faces the aggressors. The scene is set in a gently sloping waterway of the Okavango delta. The alarmed Red-billed Oxpecker and Cattle Egret are two bird species that can be found around these lumbering beasts.” Join us Sept 27-Oct 5 at Grouse Mountain Resort, North Vancouver, Canada festival.artistsforconservation.org/
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:00:01 +0000
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