African elephants eating up close on safari in Zimbabwe with Fred Krakowiak

To hear my interview with my guest Arizona Safari Artist, Fred Krakowiak please go to http://www.CruiseWithBruce.com/cruise_radio/Fred_Krakowiak 

Thanks for watching, I’m Bruce Oliver with the Cruise Radio Network and host of the Cruise with Bruce Travel Internet Radio show. This video was shot up close as African Safari Artist Fred Krakowiak observed elephants that will be subjects for his next piece of art. Find out what it is like to be several feet away from a bull elephant and his herd of elephants in Zimbabwe, Africa. Fred spent a month on safari in Africa visiting herds of gorilla, elephants and hippopotamus before visiting one of the seven wonders of the world. The Victoria Falls in Central Africa cover hundreds of miles in Zimbabwe. They are known as “the grand old lady of the Falls” and can be found in the Victoria Falls National Park. The park has been designated a world heritage site. Fred will talk about his visit to the falls on his last safari to Zimbabwe. Learn more by listening to our radio program.

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.