The Elephant

What's the Story?

At Schipul, the company that I previously worked for, we worked on a project with the Houston Zoo. During our visits at the zoo for meetings, we usually alotted some time to check out the animals before returning to work. Recently a new elephant was born there named Mac (check out his progress at houstonzooblog.org). This guy is a blast to watch because you never see an elephant with so much energy. It really is like watching a kid with brand new toys. He clumsily runs all over the place kicking around sticks and playing with three foot baskeballs but my favorite thing to watch is him having a bath.

I decided that I wanted to paint a picture of that scene and that's where this came from. I wanted to show his care free attitude and high energy by wraping the water around him as he plays around with a huge smile on his face - I decided not to show him rolling around in the dirt like he usually does about 1 minute after the bath.

If you get a chance, visit the Houston Zoo while he's still young and you'll enjoy watching him as much as I do.

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