 A masterpiece artwork waits purchase while this skilled elephant artist creates another souvenir. (Right) A trio of elephants accompanied by their dedicated trainers emerge from river waters after bathing time. (Far Right) Back dropped by dense jungle, talented elephant artists demonstrate their ability to move and stack logs. |
 
With an eye to colour and a nose for design a brush applies paint to a canvas. The only thing unusual is that this artist has four legs and a long trunk.
An entourage of jumbo sized ‘artist’ elephants, in fact, live and work deep in a protected jungle reserve outside Chiang Mai in northern Thailand.
Visitors to the unique boutique elephant camp not only watch masterpieces being created but can also observe elephants bathing in the cool waters of a jungle river and watch mahouts provide training to their eager four legged ‘students’.
An illustrated ‘filler’ story of 250 to 500 words about the pachyderm painters of Samui can be written on assignment, depending upon editorial requirements, and supplied with a selection of hi-res digital images.
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