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Artist and conservationist Andrew Bone captures the wildlife and landscapes of his native Africa through his exciting, photo-realistic artwork. Bone was born in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1957. It was during his studies at Falcon College – a bush school for boys aged 12-18 in Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia) – that his deep love and respect for African wildlife began.

As a conservationist first and an artist second, Bone prefers to spend all of his time in the bush. The relationship between the two careers is a happy one. Bone explains that he cannot have one without the other, and he’s very pleased the way it’s worked out. To him, painting is a way to spread his message of conservation and introduce people all over the world to the species of Africa.

While Bone occasionally runs into some trouble outdoors, he wouldn’t have it any other way. He’s had to dissect giraffes and shoot animals when they were injured or overpopulated. He’s woken up to lions breathing over him, been chased up a tree by a buffalo, and tipped out of a canoe by a hippopotamus. “It’s an interesting life,” he says. Although he’s seen many good friends killed in the bush, he claims he’d rather become “hyena bait” than spend his last days in a wheelchair. “Don’t paint it unless you’ve studied it, been chased by it, or done something to save it,” he says.

His work is collected by art and animal lovers around the world. The book by the artist, “Brush Strokes of Africa,” includes heartwarming and amusing anecdotes from his journey through life, along with numerous reproductions of his oil paintings and sketches.

Visit www.andrewbone.org for more information.