Bugged Boss - African Cape Buffalo - 30x40 Oil on canvas

In Africa, oxpeckers and cape buffalo share a symbiotic relationship. The oxpeckers eat the ticks and parasites off the buffalo and the buffalo benefits. These oxpeckers are flying around the face trying to get at the nose for some fresh pickings, which I am sure irritates the buffalo a bit…

Oil painting by James Corwin - Wildlife Artist