Elephants Homeward Bound (2021) Original Acrylic Painting by Karl Hamilton-Cox

A large (for me) painting of a family of African Elephants walking home.

This is one of my larger art on leather paintings, completed using my art on leather technique. This is painted on smooth light blue leather and the piece is framed and ready to wall hang as soon as it arrives.

The reason for using leather as a medium to paint on is often asked. In this case as with all of my leather art, the leather hide chose is not by accident. The texture and colour must add to the composition, in this case the size of texture perfectly added to the semi-3D effect. Some artists prepare the ground to give texture. I use the natural and random texture of leather in the same way.

The painting process I have developed over the past 10+ years has enabled me to exploit a feature that many mediums avoid. My leather art is not behind glass. The process and materials I use means that the leather art is waterproof and should be seen and appreciated - including touching as you can sculpture. I paint art on leather jackets as well so the process is well proven.

So if you are looking for art that is innovative this could be what you are looking for..

Materials used:

Leather and specialist Acrylic paint

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Other
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 89.99 x 49 x 3cm (framed) / 83.01 x 42.01cm (actual image size)
• Framed and ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Photorealistic
• Subject: Animals and birds