Heavy-duty
by Barbara Keith
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10.000 x 14.000 inches
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Title
Heavy-duty
Artist
Barbara Keith
Medium
Mixed Media - Watercolor Enhanced Colored Pencil
Description
The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also called Asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, Nepal in the north, Sumatra in the south, and to Borneo in the east. Three subspecies are recognised—E. m. maximus from Sri Lanka, E. m. indicus from mainland Asia and E. m. sumatranus from the island of Sumatra.
The Asian elephant is the largest living land animal in Asia. Since 1986, the Asian elephant has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, as the population has declined by at least 50 percent over the last three generations, estimated to be 60–75 years. It is primarily threatened by loss of habitat, habitat degradation, fragmentation and poaching. In 2003, the wild population was estimated at between 41,410 and 52,345 individuals. Female captive elephants have lived beyond 60 years when kept in semi-natural surroundings, such as forest camps. In zoos, Asian elephants die at a much younger age; captive populations are declining due to a low birth and high death rate.
The genus Elephas originated in Sub-Saharan Africa during the Pliocene and spread throughout Africa before expanding into the southern half of Asia. The earliest indications of captive use of Asian elephants are engravings on seals of the Indus Valley Civilization dated to the 3rd millennium BC (Wikipedia).
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November 18th, 2019
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Comments (27)
Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! It is my great pleasure to FEATURE your artwork on the homepage of The Artists Group, 8/9/2023! You are invited to post it in the Group's Features Discussion thread for posterity or any other thread that fits!
Taphath Foose
Beautiful work, Barbara!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "Mix Your Traditional Media"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊