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.

Save the Tiger!

This is a photo of a Bengal Tiger that I was fortunate the see in Bandhavgarh National Park, India. It's not easy taking photo's when on the back of a nervous elephant!

The Bengal Tiger is amongst the most beautiful yet endangered of the worlds big cats. To see such an animal in the wild is truly an awe inspiring privilege and surely a treasure to be guarded for future generations. Many of India's National Parks and Tiger Reserves have now relinquished their tigers to poachers and loss of natural habitat, this represents a sad betrayal of the National treasure and it is an urgent need for the nation to act decisively to preserve the Bengal Tigers existence in the wild.

There are many dedicated people and organizations trying to save the tiger from extinction in the wild, they can always benefit from our support in whatever possible way we can lend them a hand - for the sake of the beautiful tiger!

Tiger Conservation.

I've had the great privilege of being with tigers in the wild, sadly this experience maybe lost forever if something isn't urgently done about the tigers desperate plight. Here's an extract about The Art of BAS Tiger Project, I hope that it is informative for you and also places concern for the tiger on your heart:

"We invite you to participate in preserving the future of the tiger. The Art of BAS Tiger Project is raising much needed funds for tiger conservation through the sales of the Two Brothers - Ancient Rites Original Oil Painting, Fine Art Canvas Limited Edition and Fine Art Paper Edition. Now is the time for us to act if we are to guarantee the survival of this magnificent animal. The majority of the Tiger Project revenue will support the vital work of world-renowned tiger researcher Dr. Raghu Chundawat, India.

"My research on tiger is part of a collective international effort to save wild tigers in their natural habitats. The Art of BAS Tiger Project will greatly help our efforts to save this endangered beauty of nature, the tiger, and its home in the Tropical Dry Forest of India. We work in these forests where the tiger is most vulnerable and which deserve the primary attention of the conservation community." (Dr. Raghunandan Singh Chundawat)

BAS is honoured to be associated with the Pathe´/Universal movie Two Brothers, raising awareness of the tiger's plight and necessary funds for tiger conservation through his Two Brothers - Ancient Rites artwork."

Ever thought about an elephant!?

Having recently completed an elephant painting for an important
Conservation Project , I can't help just thinking more about this amazing creature. Six tonnes of sheer mass, elongated trunk , protruding tusks, with relatively tiny eyes and huge flapping ears, walking on tip toes! If you had never seen an elephant before, such a description would really get your imagination working over time. However, when you spend some time with these magnificent creatures you soon realize the wonder of their make up. There is a hint a humour in their creation but undoubted marvel in their complexity and innate abilities - maybe we can look at ourselves in a similar way!