"Roger" 24x30 oil on canvas.
Retail Prices:
16x20 R - $150
16x20 E - $590
24x30 R - $250
24x30 E - $990
This painting is now available in a Limited Edition of 95. Each print is signed and numbered by James Corwin.
Presented in a very fine giclee printing process to achieve high detail and the original appeal of oil paint. This print is ready to hang right from the packaging!
Print is gallery-wrapped canvas.
You may choose to have your print embellished by the artist. James Corwin will add additional oil paint and texture to the surface of the print for a one-of-kind original print with a second signature.
The wonderful thing about limited edition prints is the opportunity to own artwork at a fraction of the original price, yet it still increases in value every year! Invest in art.
Includes free shipping, you can't beat that!
This is one of the most important paintings of my career to date, and the first that has moved me to tears and chills. It is a painting of a rhino named Roger whom I had met while on safari in South Africa. While at the game reserve, Jembisa - An African Bush Home, we learned about the startling horrors of rhino poaching. A huge lucrative market exists for the horns of rhinos which are used as an aphrodisiac. The rhino is killed and the horn removed. Precautions are taken to prevent poaching such as poisoning or sawing off the horn (which is like a toenail) and I believe Roger's horn was poisoned. He also had 24 hour security that watched him within the bush. A few months after our visit, Roger was killed and his wife Rosie was put into critical condition (I believe she was pregnant at the time... I haven't heard whether the baby was born or not). This painting has been on the back burner waiting for a time when I felt confident in creating the desired detail, particularly in the cracked skin, to bring honor and life back to Roger. I see the world in complex detail and I find immense joy in painting every nuance of color and shape. Not only is this the most labored over piece to date, but it is signal steering me in the direction I want to take my art.. painting wildlife to lead conservations efforts and bring awareness to threatened species. This painting brought me to tears and chills because I feel the spirit of Roger looking out from the painting. Do you?
