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Lynn Hughes

beautiful painting lovely colour like the soft background Lynn.

4 months ago

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Lynn

4 months

chris redwood snr

Truly beautiful,composition, colour, perfect. Chris

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you for the nice words Chris

4 months

Stephen Jamison

Fabulous!!

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Stephan.

4 months

Ann Ford

Lovely. Great rendering og those wonderful animals.

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Ann. I love to Paint them.

4 months

marne greenway

WONDERFUL painting of wonderful animals!! LOVE IT! 5* marne

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Yes, they are just wonderful animals. Thank you for the nice comlement.

4 months

Magda Scheepers

Baie mooi skildery. Die olifante is pragtig, goeie detail. Ek is mal oor jou bome, dit skep fantasiese diepte. Groete Magda

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Baie dankie vir jou mooi woorde Magda.

4 months

Heidi

Another excellent painting. Love the texture and colors and accuracy. Thank you for sharing!

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Heidi. I love to share it with you

4 months

johann krol

Baie mooi skildery Heila. Wat weer een geweldig natuurgetrouw schilderij. Schitterend zoals je de Olifanten in al hun pracht heb weergegeven, in hun al even prachtige natuurgetrouwe omgeving.Zeer goed zoals je ze hebt neergezet, waardoor er veel diepte ontstaat in het schilderij. Het lijkt wel of alle mensen in Zuid-Afrika zo goed kunnen schilderen. ( grapje )
Warme groet, Johann.

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Baie dankie vir jou mooi woorde Johan. Ons bly in so 'n pragtige omgewing, 'n mens Kan nie anders as om dit op doek vas te lê nie.

4 months

Kostas Koutsoukanidis

Very beautiful. I love the colors very much.

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Kostas. I realy enjoyed doing this.

4 months

lorena

superb,stunningly beautiful,such detail 5*s

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Lorena.

4 months

Angeline Rijkeboer

Prachtig gedaan. I love elephants!

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Elephants are nice animals. I love to watch them. Thank you for the nice words.

4 months

Anita(leRoux)Kruger

Mooi, Heila, sonnig !

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Baie dankie Anita.

4 months

egypt

brilliant.

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Egypt.

4 months

Alisa

So lovely - conjures up the hot, dry African desert just as I imagine it would be! :-)

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Alisa.

4 months

Deborah Peacock

Wow!!! how incredibly real to life. Bravo

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Deborah. I was nice painting it.

4 months

Chuck Larivey

Nicely done!!

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Chuck.

4 months

Rick Parker

Excellent. -Rick

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Rick.

4 months

Rachel Ludwig

u have done a beautiful job! :) great color and detail

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thanks Rachel.

4 months

daniel perkowski

oustanding work !!! ******

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Daniel

4 months

Katerina Pyatakova

Very well done!

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thanks Katerina

4 months

Hannelore Rack

What a fantastic painting. Lots of wrinkles.Very realistic.

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thanks for the nice words Hannelore.

4 months

Paul Sellmann

Beautiful elephants Heila, and a nice landcsape too.

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you. This is what I like to do.

4 months

Paul j Horton

Excellent work Heila ;0) Paul

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Paul.

4 months

Nigel Mc Clements

gorgeious painting.

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you.

4 months

alan webb

brilliant and so well captured.

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Alan

4 months

Priscilla M Norris

Fabulous work, love it. 5*****

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thanks Priscilla.

4 months

kerry dolphin

Magnifecent animal and the painting is beautiful 5***** for you Regards Kerry

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Kerry. I enjoyed doing the painting.

4 months

janeR

Magnificent Jumbos! Well done.

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Jane. I love the Jumbos, they are magnificent animals and a lot of fun to paint.

4 months

Joe Hush

Great job Heila, love the composition and colours used. Kind Regrds Joe

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you for your kind words Joe.

4 months

Jose Luis Villagran Ortiz

Fantastic work. great color, faboulous scene. Best wishes.

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Jose.

4 months

Maureen Silc

This is wonderful Heila!

4 months

Heila van der Merwe

Thank you Maureen.

4 months

Luis Nogueira

STUNNING piece of art my dear Hella
Regards, Luis

4 months

Daniel Cannon

awesome work Heila
thank you for your comment

4 months

Sanet Benadé

Well done, love the detail on the trunk which is not easy to do!

3 months

'Mitch' (Alan) Minshull

Hi friend,
Ive looked at a few of your paintings and they are all beautiful, there is much talent there, gifted..
This really captures the heat of the day, could almost feel it burn the skin, and of course the slow trudging movement of the elephants, the smells and the sounds. Its all there. Lovely composition and colors too.

5 *****

Mitch

3 months

Heidi Siebrits Kriel

Pragtige werk! :)

3 months

Robin

So real

3 months

Jessica Storme

Excellent work... beautifully done

2 months

Bedbug

Wonderful, great work.

1 month

dianne and bill surtees

What a wonderful painting! You are a fantastic artist!

1 month

rick burton

I like the one in the middle of course, but I also like that you added two more. It helps the composition. nice background. good detail in the skin of the elephant. the legs look smooth. do they not have the cracking, lines too? I dont' know, just asking.

23 days

Jim Grenier

Marvellous work. You capture the scene very well.

13 days

Dion

Lovely work.

10 days

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