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| Sandra, a 42-year-old elephant, paints with her trunk in a Hungarian travelling circus of Florian Richter Circus in Budapest, Hungary November 2, 2017. Picture taken November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh |
Three of 42-year-old elephant Sandra’s abstract
canvasses, with colored lines flowing across them resembling rivers,
fetched about 40,000 forints ($150) each.
Sandra paints with her trunk purely for pleasure, according to her owner and trainer Florian Richter, a horse acrobat and circus director.
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| Sandra, a 42-year-old elephant, poses for a photo with Hungarian circus fans who bought her painting in the Florian Richter Circus in Budapest, Hungary November 4, 2017. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES |
Sandra, who was already well practised in a circus
trick involving a shaving brush, was given a paintbrush and she quickly
adapted her skills to the canvas.
Richter said that unlike many elephants in Thailand that are thought to be forced to paint, Sandra does it by herself when she is in the mood.
“I
only help her with changing the brushes and putting them into paints
but she does the rest by herself more or less. I praise her by saying
‘oh this is really good, or not so good’,” Richter said. “We have been
together for 40 years so this is a family connection.”
Sandra arrived as a baby elephant at the circus where Richter grew up, as a seventh generation member of an acrobat family.
($1 = 267.5200 forints)
Reporting by Krisztina Fenyo, Writing by Krisztina Than; Editing by Stephen Powell
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From: https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-circus-elephant/paintings-by-indian-elephant-auctioned-off-in-hungary-idUKKBN1D40O0
Hmm. Maybe I should see if Charlie would like to do this with his tail.
Hmm. Maybe I should see if Charlie would like to do this with his tail.
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