Pride (Print)

Pride shows an elephant moving forward through water — steady, heavy, and unyielding.

The focus is close and deliberate. Worn tusks, deeply textured skin, water breaking against the body. Every mark tells a story of age, experience, and survival. This is not a romanticised image of wildlife, but a truthful one. An animal shaped by its environment, carrying the weight of a life lived in the wild.

Elephants are intelligent, social, and deeply connected animals, yet they continue to face relentless pressure from habitat loss, poaching, and human expansion. Pride acknowledges that reality without softening it. Strength here isn’t dramatic or heroic — it’s persistent. It’s simply continuing to exist.

Drawn in coloured pencil with a focus on realism and texture, this piece reflects a contemporary approach to wildlife art where the wild is respected, not prettified. The elephant is not placed for comfort or spectacle. It stands its ground.

This work exists as both celebration and resistance — against erasure, exploitation, and indifference.