This is my first elephant painted: I painted it black and white to emphasize the characteristic of her skin, its rough appearance. It's made on a canvas 100 cm x 80 cm with a mixed techinique. The idea to realize this painting was born by reading with my students the story of the white elephant Abul-Abbas, which was donated in 802 to Charlemagne by the caliph of Baghdad Harun al-Rashid. I tried to imagine the scene in which Charlemagne, seeing that curious animal with a rare example of albinism, remained remarkably impressed. This story led me to look at photos and information about this magnificent animal and want to portray it.
This painting was exhibited in 2018 at the bipersonal exhibition "CAGED" at the Bartoli Felter Foundation for Art in Cagliari.
All my paintings are entirely handpainted and are unique and original pieces with a certificate of authenticity.
I use colors and materials of the best brands, large and high quality canvases mounted on a 4 cm thick frame. The painting continues on all edges and is immediately ready to be exhibited in the environment you prefer.
The result is a very modern work of the highest quality, with attention to every detail.
My artworks, of hyperrealistic and with a photographic style, have got as main subjects animals, mostly exotic ones such as elephants, rhinoceros, tiger, giraffes or leopards, or typical of the Sardinian territory. I manage to highlight the details, meticulously cared for, and to focus attention on the subject, which is the only character of the work: the background, in fact, is absent, it is mostly monochrome and it emphasizes the focus on the animal, abstracting and extracting it from a real space.
My style is defined as pop - hyperrealism because the subjects are painted following a detailed technique, but their position in an unreal space gives the artworks features that are more typical of pop art, so hyperrealism and a graphic style melt. I use different techniques according to the subject and the effects I want to obtein.
Look at the gallery with all my paintings: https://www.tizianasanna.com/en/animals
Some information about the white elephant
The white elephant, also known as albino elephant, is a very rare animal, at risk of extinction.
There are specimens of white elephant between Indian elephants and African elephants. Since ancient times, white elephants are considered sacred in several Asian countries: India, Thailand, and Laos.
In the photo: hyperrealist paint of white elephant made on a canvas 100 cm x 80 cm with a mixed techinique by Tisha ( Tiziana Sanna ).
Ref. photo: Johan Swanepoel