Artistic Elephant

freshnesschronic · 03-26-2008, 08:53 PM

This blew my mind.

Here's more paintings @ http://www.elephantartgallery.com/paintings/

The 42 · 03-27-2008, 02:29 PM

Holy..... just wow....

*Scrambles around doing research to figure this out*

Shawnee123 · 03-27-2008, 02:57 PM

The paintings on the site are what I would expect from an elephant. They are nothing like an actual picture. Don't get me wrong, they're still cool...but did the elephant really paint an elephant holding a flower?

freshnesschronic · 03-28-2008, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

...but did the elephant really paint an elephant holding a flower?

jeaaa! watch the video!!!

Shawnee123 · 03-28-2008, 01:27 PM

I DID watch the video! Did you look at the gallery on the website? That picture is not on that page, and there are none that look remotely like a picture of something real. They are more of the abstract brightly colored lines paintings.

I call BS on the video. The webpage is obviously legit, but I don't believe an elephant can paint an actual object.

Flint · 03-28-2008, 01:32 PM

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Shawnee123 · 03-28-2008, 01:50 PM

I looked around and it looks as though there is an elephant who can paint that one painting of an elephant: his trainer taught him the strokes. NOW it makes sense to me. Obviously the paintings on the site and that video are not really related.

Not that anyone cares, except me I guess. I worry about the artistic integrity of large beasts. That's just me.

Flint · 03-28-2008, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I worry about the artistic integrity of large beasts.

I think you're looking for the Hemmingway thread.

barefoot serpent · 03-28-2008, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I worry about the artistic integrity of large breasts.

silicone or saline?:p

Shawnee123 · 03-28-2008, 03:08 PM

Well, saline, takes me away to where I've always heard it should be.

glatt · 03-28-2008, 03:14 PM

OK, Emily Latilda.

Shawnee123 · 03-28-2008, 03:16 PM

Have a great weekend all!

Sundae · 03-29-2008, 10:18 AM

This is OUR artistic elephant (pic via the BBC)
If the light wasn't failing I'd go and photograph it in the work yard for ya.

spudcon · 03-31-2008, 02:55 AM

Just wandered in from Ele-Vision, and after watching that video, I don't care if it's just a trained elephant learned by rote routine, It's amazing. And the elephant seems anxious to get started. Good find Fresh.

03-26-2008, 08:53 PM	#1
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	Artistic Elephant This blew my mind. Here's more paintings @ http://www.elephantartgallery.com/paintings/

03-27-2008, 02:29 PM	#2
The 42 I'm not lurking, I'm stalking YOU! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Somwhere over the rainbow Posts: 70	Holy..... just wow.... Scrambles around doing research to figure this out __________________ I'd rather stick my foot in my mouth than have it dry out from unuse...

03-27-2008, 02:57 PM	#3
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	The paintings on the site are what I would expect from an elephant. They are nothing like an actual picture. Don't get me wrong, they're still cool...but did the elephant really paint an elephant holding a flower? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-28-2008, 01:27 PM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I DID watch the video! Did you look at the gallery on the website? That picture is not on that page, and there are none that look remotely like a picture of something real. They are more of the abstract brightly colored lines paintings. I call BS on the video. The webpage is obviously legit, but I don't believe an elephant can paint an actual object. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-28-2008, 01:32 PM	#6
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	... Attached Images __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-28-2008, 01:50 PM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I looked around and it looks as though there is an elephant who can paint that one painting of an elephant: his trainer taught him the strokes. NOW it makes sense to me. Obviously the paintings on the site and that video are not really related. Not that anyone cares, except me I guess. I worry about the artistic integrity of large beasts. That's just me. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-28-2008, 03:08 PM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Well, saline, takes me away to where I've always heard it should be. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-28-2008, 03:14 PM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	OK, Emily Latilda.

03-28-2008, 03:16 PM	#12
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Have a great weekend all! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-29-2008, 10:18 AM	#13
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	This is OUR artistic elephant (pic via the BBC) If the light wasn't failing I'd go and photograph it in the work yard for ya. Attached Images

03-31-2008, 02:55 AM	#14
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Just wandered in from Ele-Vision, and after watching that video, I don't care if it's just a trained elephant learned by rote routine, It's amazing. And the elephant seems anxious to get started. Good find Fresh.

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