Paintings in Progress

It's been a long time since the journal had input, so busy doing other things. Please check out the new addition to The Art of BAS website - Paintings in Progress. This is a section which shows details of paintings currently on BAS' easel.
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We are always ready to receive input or querries regarding The Art of BAS website, infact, one reason why there is a new section etitled "Paintings in Progress" is due to a prompting from a welcomed viewer named Justin who suggested that such a section would be of interest. So, thank you Justin for your kind prompting and valued insight, much appreciated!

BAS has recently returned from a research trip in Southern Africa. Research trips are usually eventful outings in the wild and this one didn't buck the trend, however, one part of the adventure BAS would never want to repeat! Coming into land at a Game Reserve the seven seater single prop aircraft failed to make the landing and crashed a few hundred metres beyond the landing strip right in the middle of the big five Game Reserve! Thankfully, BAS and his friends Paul and Markus, together with the pilot, managed to escape without serious injury from what could so easily have been a fatal incident.

Echo Project

The Art of BAS is working with The Elephant Trust (Amboseli Trust for Elephants, www.elephantrust.org), having spent time with their researchers in Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Cynthia Moss is the world's foremost elephant expert and she works tirelessly in the field with her equally dedicated team. Echo is a well know matriarch of one of the Amboseli herds, she has become famous through several BBC documentaries over the years. Now in her senior years, Echo has been taken to heart by many and has given the researchers the most intimate portrayal of elephant behavior, welcoming them into the life of her herd.

Funds raised through the sales of BAS' Echo painting, "Echo of Amboseli", and Fine Art Canvas Limited Edition will directly aid The Elephant Trust (Amboseli Trust for Elephants) and their invaluable work amongst African elephants in particular. The African elephant, as with her Asian cousins, are experiencing unprecedented pressures from mankind and are suffering in many ways. Let's hope that the future is bright for these magnificent creatures, our largest land mammal, that has such a big hearted and gentle nature. The Echo painting and Fine Art Canvas Limited Editions are now available and we trust that the collectors support will greatly assist the work of The Elephant Trust (Amboseli Trust for Elephants).

There are new Conservation Projects soon to be undertaken by The Art of BAS, please review the Conservation Projects section on The Art of BAS website to read about them and join us in whatever way you are able to in supporting the plight of wildlife and nature around this fragile globe.