African Safari Travel Internet Radio Show guest

Safari Artist Fred Krakowiak

goes on safari to Africa and Victoria Falls

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Fred Krakowiak talks about his life as an artist and safari expert. For the last ten years Fred has taken a walking safari in the santuaries of South Africa. Learn about his adventures and tips if you would like to go on safari yourself. Find out what it’s like to stand in the mist of the world’s largest water falls, Victoria Falls. Listen as Fred talks about his last safari where he was just a few feet way from the watchful eye of a bull elephant.

About Fred Krakowiak Fred Krakowiak, author of Africa: An Artist’s Safari, is recognized as a leading wildlife artist as well as a safari expert. His artwork is commissioned internationally by both private and corporate collectors. He creates vibrant paintings of wildlife from Africa and across the world by capturing them in motion with unique techniques using mediums such as oil on copper and dye on silk.

Early on, Krakowiak realized his passion for painting as well as his genuine love for African wildlife. Blessed with the gift of an artist’s eye, he is able to detail every nuance of the animal’s very existence. With over twenty-five years of conventional study in various mediums including watercolor, oil, pen & ink and dye on silk, Krakowiak’s foundation has been his formal training in the ancient art of Sumi (pictures in ink). The fundamentals of Sumi require the artist to learn from their mistakes and often omit details. Krakowiak’s paintings illustrate that what is missing is as important as what remains. This skill allows viewers to become involved in the painting by filling in the missing details with their imagination and experience the power of action at that exact moment of passion.

Krakowiak’s book Africa: An Artist’s Safari is a narrative that chronicles his travels in Africa. He was inspired to capture African animals by his awareness that one day his artwork and stories may be all that remains of these majestic creatures. His appreciation and respect for the mysterious beauty of these animals and the land was the motivation for creating his beautiful book. Described as a “feast for the eyes” by the Virginia Quarterly Review, Africa: An Artist’s Safari was the recipient of the prestigious 2008 Ben Franklin Award for large format cover design.