"Dream"

Taking a step away from wolves the most recent oil painting of an animal that I produced was this elephant who's tusks seem so realistic as to the rest of the body and background seem unreal. I wanted it to seem as if the elephant was coming out of it dream world (the painting) and starting to emerge into the real world starting with its tusks. For people who may not see it, if you take a look at his feet and especially his trunk the detail wrinkles are missing as differed from the tusks that have a realistic look to them because of the variations of colors and tones.