Look out when Simba is about. Artist John Seerey Lester



Mike

My wife already says that there are a lot of other places she wants to see before she goes back with me to Africa. This will not help.

Great work - who's the artist?

Thanks Mike! Lester's African paintings are all marvelous!!

"The GHOST and the Darkness"..................for reals!!!!

JS Lester is one of my favorite African artists and that piece is indeed special!

{Please read to the bottom, as there IS a connection to
this painting. }

A church pastor I had before moving from the northeast
was always proclaiming that the Bible clearly tells us
NOT TO DRINK LIQUOR. I'd asked him once, "Where does
the Bible say that we are not to drink liquor? I've
read it all the way through twice now. I've seen where
it says that WE ARE NOT TO GET DRUNK. But what about
a single glass of wine at dinner?"

He answered, "It's been proven by scientists that tested
people driving a car without any liquor consumed for at
least 24 hours through an obstacle course, then tested
the same people on the same course after having one glass
of wine or beer, or one shot of hard liquor, that one
serving of liquor clearly diminished their driving ability.
So even though they were not DRUNK as defined by the state's
statutes, they were certainly DRUNK by Biblical definition."

He continued by saying, "I know from prior conversations
with you that you would like to hunt dangerous game in
Africa some day. Do you remember that the Bible tells us
that the Devil is like a prowling lion in the night?"

I answered "Yes"

He then asked me, "So if you're in Africa one night in your tent,
and through an opening in that flimsy canvas you see A LION
INCHES AWAY, EXACTLY HOW MANY GLASSES OF WINE
WOULD YOU HAVE WANTED TO DRINK AT DINNER A HALF
AN HOUR EARLIER ?
"Not one drop...", I softly replied.

The pastor had made his point. {Maybe he'd seen this painting.}

i could have sworn i read somewhere that Jesus turned water into wine as one of his miracles. it guess it must have been used to water the livestock and your post has what, exactly , to do with the artist's image????

1. It is a fact that in Biblical times the HEBREW
word for "wine" was used to describe any beverage
product generated from grapes, fermented or not.
It is also a fact that during Biblical times the
"best wine" was considered the first pressing of
grapes to generate unfermented juice.

2. The connection to the painting is, imagine if
"you'd had a few" and this LION appears just out-
side your tent. You'd be clearly less able to pro-
tect yourself with gun or knife or bare hands due
to diminished reflex speed, and sedation in general
from the effects of the drug, alcohol.

I've no intent to start an other AR war. I just told
a story that I thought fit this thread.

A very well executed painting - Stunning

Great painting
The bible insert - alcohol is for people who can handle it. Bible has nothing to do with it. Prime example of another person to tell us how to live.
And there is boat load of them everywhere you go
Sad world of affair

Someone please provide the link to this great print.

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1. It is a fact that in Biblical times the HEBREW
word for "wine" was used to describe any beverage
product generated from grapes, fermented or not.
It is also a fact that during Biblical times the
"best wine" was considered the first pressing of
grapes to generate unfermented juice.

Source that tidbit, please. I doubt it.

AFA the question how much wine would I have like to drink, I'd say at least a bottle. Might as well die happy.

I would not like to wake up and find a lion staring at me like this .

That'll blow the arse end out of your shorts

The painting gives a chilling effect on the bones.

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Originally posted by D R Hunter:
A church pastor I had before moving from the northeast was always proclaiming that the Bible clearly tells us NOT TO DRINK LIQUOR. I'd asked him once, "Where does the Bible say that we are not to drink liquor?" ...

The pastor had made his point.

He might have made his point, but he did not answer your question. Successful politicians are pros at this.

In the old days a safe water supply was rare. They added wine to the water which killed bacteria.Italians ,certainly my relatives , used that same drink at breakfast instead of orange juice.
If you drink LOTS of wine and see that lion , you'll think it's a dream or halucination and go back to sleep !

I hunted Elephant in Botswana in 2006. I was in NG41, camp Joervega (sp). There were Lions and Hyenas' in camp every night.

I went to bed one night and awoke sometime in the wee hours of the morning, feeling the effects of jetlag. I rolled over an looked out the screened front of the tent. There, in the moonlight stood a Hyena. He just stood there, we made an eerie eye to eye contact. After a few moments, he just turned away and disappeared.

The African night offers up dreams...and potential nightmares.

Makes one want to keep a rifle loaded and handy and sleep with one eye open. Having been in several camps where lion tracks were not unusual, that's eerie.

quote:

Originally posted by The BLB:
Someone please provide the link to this great print.

http://www.seerey-lester.com/JohnCampfireTales3.html

Steve A. Were you hunting elephants with Johan Calitz when you were in Joverenga? I've done the same with him in the same place.

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Originally posted by poprivit:
Steve A. Were you hunting elephants with Johan Calitz when you were in Joverenga? I've done the same with him in the same place.

Yes, Elephant, Hyena. After the Elephant, we switched camps with Marc Watts, who was hunting Lion out of Ivory camp in the Delta. Marc was filming Delta Royale at the time.

I shot Red Lechwe and Tsessebe out of Ivory Camp.

In my opinion Ivory Camp is the most beautiful and classic African safari camp on the planet.

2006 was the first year Lion had re-opened in Botswana, we saw several MGM lions just laying about while we were driving looking for Elephant, Elephant tracks. Arrogant bunch of pricks they can be when not on license.

Steve

Lester is my favorite African themed artist. He really captured in the moment in this one!

I am however a bit puzzled by the shadow on the canvas.

I am taking my granddaughter with me in August to the BVC and was talking to her today about having her own chalet and mentioned they put up fences to keep the lions away from them. I don't think I should show her this!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by SBT:
Lester is my favorite African themed artist. He really captured in the moment in this one!

I am however a bit puzzled by the shadow on the canvas



It took me a while but I finally figured it out. That is clearly Peter Capstick, shitting himself.

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Originally posted by SBT:
Lester is my favorite African themed artist. He really captured in the moment in this one!

I am however a bit puzzled by the shadow on the canvas.

Regarding the man's shadow. Imagine that the man inside the tent sees the lion, and there is an oil lamp behind him casting his shadow on the tent wall. This is meant to create more tension in the painting. In fact, John sometimes sneaks his own likeness into some of his paintings, and this looks like his own shadow.

I took a 4-day painting class with John last year. He's an absolutely amazing artist, and also very funny, and has a million interesting stories to tell while he's painting. I told him that he could very well be the new "Most Interesting Man in the World", as in the Dos Equis commercials.

I also thought it was a back lit shadow, but the profile is ape like.

Whoever it was inside, he should have tied the strings on that tent door.

Apologies to all who feel I am telling them how to live their lives.
Not my intent, just sharing a story. We each walk our walk, and
come what will...

By the way, I sent a few PMs out to guys so
as not to take this thread any farther off track.

It's such an amazing painting!

Ron Thomson writes of being awakened by the horses and seeing that they were looking past him, turned and shone his torch in that direction to see a pair male lion almost at the foot of his stretcher, their feet not being visible owing to their proximity.
The painting is excellent, to the point of me almost wanting something suitable to equal the situation.

Does not appear this painting is available in print, but you can get the original! The site indicated does have some wonderful prints available. I really like his work.

Baboon ran in for protection , like that would help.

Mike

do not worry guys-
it is just my ex coming into the tent

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Originally posted by DuggaBoye:
do not worry guys-
it is just my ex coming into the tent

You're divorced from a MALE???!!!

What camera settings should one use and flash or no flash?

[QUOTEiginally posted by Bakes:
That'll blow the arse end out of your shorts [/QUOTE]

Bwaa haa haaa!!
The "deafening" sound comes from Walter's tent. Saeed looks over and sees the fleeing lion!
Knowing full well what must have transpired, Saeed bursts into a guttural laugh.
Walter is disoriented but calls for more defensive, replenishment. A.K.A Ice cream!
Moral of the story, if you watched the Lion King, nothing can withstand the power of
the finely tuned backend of Walterhog.

Thanks, Mike. An amazing painting. I'm not familiar with Lester's work but I am going to be. As far as how drunk I'd want to be in this situation...I think it might depend on the lions' next move!