Tsavo East (The Water Carrier's Dream


Gregg Chadwick
22"x28" oil on linen 2025
Private Collection, Richmond, Virginia


 

Thrilled that my oil on linen painting "Tsavo East (The Water Carrier's Dream)" is venturing to its new home in Richmond, Virginia. The artwork is part of an ongoing, globally inspired series of paintings that considers our place as humans in the larger natural world. The elephant is both a symbol of resilient strength and also, because of the ivory trade, has become a symbol of the possible extinction of numerous animal species. My paintings of elephants are a call to action. They are elegies for what has been lost, celebrations of the profound beauty that remains, and urgent reminders of our shared responsibility to protect the planet's most vulnerable inhabitants.

Water as well is a symbol of life. The bucket the woman carries is part of an effort to make clean water safer and more accessible from local, community owned water facilities. The painting was directly inspired by the conservation efforts of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya, a world-renowned organization famous for its work rescuing and rehabilitating orphaned young elephants.

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Thanks to @saatchiart for arranging the sale! 






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