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Transitions… and Gorillas

In the last couple days (and a few days yet to come), I have been posting what seems to be an avalanche of missives. Truth is, I have been making videos monthly for Patreon, hoping to make the model work for me in support of my work, and it hasn’t happened. I still believe in […]

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Dawn Siebel in Uncategorized | Tagged animal lover, gorilla, gorillas, great apes, oil painting, oil paintings, oil portrait, wildlife | Leave a comment

Art Lover: Stephanie

Stephanie was 45 years old when I met her in Wichita in 2016. This video details the creation of her oil portrait from start to finish.

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Dawn Siebel in Uncategorized | Tagged African elephants, animal lover, elephant, elephants, endangered, endangered species, fine art, oil painting, oil portrait | Leave a comment

Elephants: Chapters 4, 5, 6 & Epilogue

Chapter Four is “The Twentieth Century” For elephants in America, the 20th Century began by infantilizing them in circus acts: playing brass bands, boxing one another with boxing gloves on their trunks, dressing them up in inane costumes for silly little scenes. We truly had no understanding of their true nature. Tusko, one of the […]

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Dawn Siebel in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Elephants: Chapters 1, 2 & 3

“Elephants, a Partial History,” is a six-part series I researched, wrote, and filmed in the studio of our public access TV station. Then, with Miles and Jay, two interns from UMass we worked more than a year to create six chapter videos for my Patreon page. I have linked three here in this post. Chapter […]

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Dawn Siebel in Uncategorized | Tagged barnum, circus, elephants, endangered, endangered species, jumbo | Leave a comment

Art Lover: Thai

This 11 minute video takes you visually through the creation of this oil portrait of Thai, the patriarch of the Houston Zoo’s Asian elephants.

Posted on October 12, 2019 by Dawn Siebel in Uncategorized | Tagged asian elephants, elephant, endangered, endangered species, Houston Zoo, oil painter, oil painting, oil portrait, thai | Leave a comment

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