Botswana Elephant, 2019, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in. / 101.6 x 76.2 cm.

Botswana Elephant, Jen Goldman, 2019, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in. / 101.6 x 76.2 cm.

I chose non-traditional vibrant colors to portray a young elephant drinking from a waterhole in Botswana. This color selection serves as a metaphor to capture one’s attention to the significant decline of the elephant population over the last century. I doubt the average person is aware of this.