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Yellow Billed HornbillSOLD, commissioned (78cm x 58cm (30" x 23") Acrylic on board) Please contact craig@wildlifeartist. co. za for enquiries Craig Bertram Smith A common sight in the African bushveld is the charismatic yellow billed hornbill. Foraging mainly on the ground in dry grass and sandy habitat they pick out seeds, insects, spiders and scorpions. In the painting I wanted to portray their characteristic activity showing the hornbill with a freshly caught

closely related to amberjack

What interested me the most was the intricacies of the fins

I wanted to exhibit this apex predator in action

commissioned (91cm x 61cm (36" x 24") Pencil on Paper)

tells a story of a predator perfectly adapted to their function

the scene is set at sunrise against the backdrop of Port Elizabeth's harbour wall

I wanted to create motion and action

Mentally sifting through different scenarios

It is not the easiest trout species to catch

but rarely seen

In painting “Blazing Glory ”

with the marlin targeting individual fish on the fringe