Sunrise over the Okavango Delta, 2023, soft pastels, 8 x 10 in. / 20.32 x 25.4 cm.

Sunrise over the Okavango Delta, Jim Slavik, 2023, soft pastels, 8 x 10 in. / 20.32 x 25.4 cm.

My wife and I were on a mulit-day canoe and camping trip along the Okavango River in Botswana. The area is full of hippos, elephants, and other game. I stepped out of the tent one morning to see a couple dugout canoes and this sunrise. Soft pastels on 8x10” Uart 400 paper.