Elephant Wall Painting Frame:Poplar prestige every tendon and ridge of

every tendon and ridge of muscle alive with motion

Set above a low bench in an entrance hall

A red and black five-tiered pagoda rises at the heart of the scene

It lends itself to a living room above a low credenza

others still closed into round furred buds that nod on slender bending stems

Elephant Wall Painting Frame:Poplar prestige every tendon and ridge ofA solitary African elephant strides through tall golden savannah grass, its weathered grey hide and curving ivory tusks rendered in warm, painterly detail. Behind it, towering cumulus clouds billow across a clear blue sky, lit from within by the low African sun, while a scattering of birds wheels across the horizon. The dry grasses ripple in ochre and amber tones, stretching back to a faint line of distant plains. There is real majesty in the animal's