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Folks, Mama Shakari doesn't believe in letting the grass grow under her feet and if you're redecorating your trophy room, some of you may be interested in her latest project at www.wild-african-art.com It all started with someone asking her where they could get the ear of their elephant painted and once the ball got rolling, she was flooded with enquiries from both hunters and local artists, and so she decided to build the site. Hope you guys find it useful. | ||
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Is this the same shakari, that doesn't hussle his products or services on AR, oh yea this is his wife's deal. Maybe this should be in the classified area, eh. | |||
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Eish, sorry, I forgot to ask your permission to make a post again......I'll try to remember next time.  Hey, look on the bright side. at least I'm not criticising your favourite organisation! Ah dammit, there goes another rib!  | |||
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For sure you don't need my permission for any post, but people do complain about posts in the improper forum, eh. I strongly believe in the free enterprise system you have to make hay when the sun shines. | |||
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As it's about a wide range of Africa wildlife art that many African hunters would enjoy, offers the facility for hunters/forum members to have the ears of their own elephants painted, paintings of hunters with their African trophies and a variety of trophy room decorations etc, (all with African themes) I'd have thought it fits in rather well with Saeed's usual criteria. If he feels it doesn't and wants to move it, I certainly won't be offended at all....... but I reckon it's his decision rather than that of the internet police.  | |||
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What has SCI done to fund this project???? Damn I am sorry, I just couldn't resist... | |||
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Shakari, I like the link right here, right where it belongs. In honor of die, I was thinking of asking Saeed for an SCI or Organizations forum where we could have light conversation about RMEF or B&C or DU or NAACP. | |||
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Again, in all seriousness - maybe that should be a forum or a separate part of AR for a listing of agents, safari outfits, equipment sellers and the like. Then a list of reviews on each one relating experiences. | |||
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I don't know if the boss man will like the post here or not but. Steve hooked me up with one of these guys and he painted my ele. ear and did one of my leopard and it was a fraction of what I have seen artist charge at the show. I love both of them. They are in route from SA as we speak. Steve feel free to post them both if you like. THANKS AGAIN STEVE! NRA LIFE MEMBER DU DIAMOND SPONSOR IN PERPETUITY DALLAS SAFARI CLUB LIFE MEMBER SCI FOUNDATION MEMBER | |||
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Jeff, I'd love to post them but I lost the images (and God alone knows how many others) in a recent computer crash...... If you still have pics on your computer, I'll gladly post them if you can send them to me. In the meantime, we're trying to find copies on Susan's laptop. | |||
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Steve: Another first class, straight-up site. I for one am glad it is posted here! Good on you mate. Hey....My daughter and I.....and that grandaughter of mine will be right there in your neck of the Woods in just 4 days time. If we get the chance we WILL look you up. We are staying the first 3 days at Pretoriuskop in Kruger. I am going to get her an eye full of Ele & Buff. Then turn her loose with the rifle up around Munnick. She'll turn 6 on July 18th in Safari camp. She can make that .243 walk and talk!!!! Thanks for all your help in the past. Do you have any of the "neat junk" at your house in case we stop by???? | |||
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Steve when I get back to the office next week will send them Thanks NRA LIFE MEMBER DU DIAMOND SPONSOR IN PERPETUITY DALLAS SAFARI CLUB LIFE MEMBER SCI FOUNDATION MEMBER | |||
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Hey Steve: If you want....send me a pm with exactly where I need to stop when driving by your house. We will be driving from Joburg. I know you are close by! | |||
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bcolyer, glad you like the site, although as I said, I can't take any credit for it whatsoever!..... Susan did it all! We live on the White River Country Estate which is on the Hazyview Road just outside the town of White River and about a 20 minute drive from the KNP......... if you're in the area, we'd love to meet you. If you don't much time, give me a call on 0832777114 and we'll be happy to meet up with you somewhere. - Also feel free to call me if you need to borrow a coolbox and/or braii tools etc. Sorry buddy, we don't keep any of the stuff here. Jeff, I'll look forward to getting them...... in the meantime, I think the pic below is of your Elephant ear, but I'm not 100% sure. Looks like I've lost all the pics of your Leopard painting though.  | |||
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Nice website and some really nice prints and stuff. Who knows one of these days when I have to make a bigger trophy room I can pick up some stuff. Actually I all ready need a bigger trophy room but I rather spend my money on the hunts at this point. Good Hunting,  | |||
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David, You'll just have to start shooting smaller trophies.  There's a few Sue Dickinson prints there but the rest are original works......... or so I'm told!  | |||
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Beautiful art work. Thanks for posting. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Very nice Steve! Brett DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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Steve Thanks for the link, DAMN nice products ... Talking about which posts should go in which forums is a GREY AREA sometimes, I go along with the general notion that the owner/operators of these forums will cull or transfer as they deem appropriate and therfore are the sole judge of the guilty or not guily verdict. dogcat from Oklahoma has quite a nice idea as well, maybe something along those lines could be considered by the owners !! I personally (out of self interest) would like a category created for BIG TAG items such as GAME RANCHES and WILDLIFE AFRICA properties BUY/SELL ... this would generate some nice options and opportunities for those with an interest to invest. The forums are just great and IMHO the more information and products the better, from time to time the catogaries naturally get re-jigged to meet what is sometimes called (a make over) new ideas and new formats are what keep the multitudes interested Cheers, Peter | |||
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Peter, Going slightly off topic for a moment, I know what you mean about property. One of the areas I've been hunting for the last 30 years has just been granted permission to build about 25 homes on one part of the reserve. plots are between 3000 and 7000 square metres and the reserve has fantastic game populations, including elephant and both black and white rhino on it......... and all land claims on the entire area were dismissed a couple of years ago. A bit pricey by African standards though at about ZAR7M for the smallest plot with a 3 bedroom house built on it.  Getting back on topic, as I said, all credit must go to Susan rather than me. Frankly, I'm about as artistic as a kick in the arse  and don't have time to get involved anyway.I just went into the office and heard her talking to one of the artists, who was offering to take a pic of hunter and animal and paint it as a portrait.......... Sounds like a good idea to me but one I'd never have thought of in a hundred years. | |||
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Thanks Steve, I will send you the leopard pic. This is my ele. ear. NRA LIFE MEMBER DU DIAMOND SPONSOR IN PERPETUITY DALLAS SAFARI CLUB LIFE MEMBER SCI FOUNDATION MEMBER | |||
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Hi Steve ... Talking about wildlife artists, there is another (very intersting chap) Val Odendaal from around your neck of the woods (White River) that is quite and interesting person to talk to about wildlife in general. He grew up on a ranch in Kenya some many years ago and is a wealth of information, he also does the elephant ear painting scenario. All the best Peter | |||
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Jeff, Thanks buddy, as soon as they get here, I'll post 'em. Peter, White River and surrounding areas seem to be chokka block full of artistic types...... I'm told it's something to do with ley lines (whatever they are!) or some such...... If you have any idea where Val Odendaal stays or can give me any contact info, I'll pass it over to Susan and she'll try to track him down. | |||
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Hi Steve Below is Val's webpage, He seems to have some very nice work, in fact extremely beautiful painting IMHO, good luck Val Odendaal - wildlife artist Cheers, Peter | |||
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Hi Peter Thanks for the info, I'll pass it on.  | |||
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I have no idea what just happened to my post, so, will try again. Are the painted elephant ears suitable for use as table coverings? | |||
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Bryan, That would probably depend of what finish was on the table....... if it's french polished for example, it might well scatch the finish. They could probably put a soft covering on the back of the ear to prevent that though. Might be an idea to ask Jeff's opinion after he's taken delivery of his consignment. | |||
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Well, I was thinking more about great grand daughter spilling formula, or, the local drunks spilling a drink on it and damaging the painted surface. | |||
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The artist uses oil based paints, so I guess it'd be better to avoid that kind of thing and hang it on a wall instead where it won't get damaged. | |||
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Susan says, how about a glass topped table with the ear beneath the glass? | |||
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Something like this maybe..  | |||
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That'd work, but I'd hate to be the guy that got the job of cutting the glass though! | |||
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That one is from LifeForm in SA. | |||
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Perfect! and Steve --- great info OMG!-- my bow is "pull-push feed" - how dreadfully embarrasing!!!!! | |||
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That's handy, they're just up the road from us so I'll pass that info onto the boss woman and I'm sure she'll be able to offer that as an option. Thanks again! Bwana Bunduki & Woodmnctry......... it gave me a giggle as well. | |||
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