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Art Of The GYPSY
The Last Giant
“THE LAST GIANT”
By Romani American Artist J.A. George AKA; The GYPSY
Original 18" x 24" Acrylic Painting on Gallery Stretch Canvas. The back of the painting is signed and dated by the artist and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
STORY OF THE LAST GIANT
His name was Matthew Dillon Ceratotherium Simum. We just called him Matt and he was just 15 years old when he died. Matt was also the last of his kind. Matt was the last wild-caught Southern White Rhino and he was my friend.
Matt stood 6’ at the shoulder and weighed in at around 5,000 pounds. Captured in southern Africa when he was just a year old. Matt was shipped to the United States to the San Diego Zoo in California as part of a conservation of species program. After his capture, international restrictions were implemented that kept any more Southern White Rhinos to be exported from Africa.
Matt eventually was loaned out to El Paso Zoological Park in El Paso, Texas. The hope was that Matt, whose bloodline was unique and not found in any other Southern White Rhinoceros in North America, would breed with the two female Southern White Rhinos also on loan from San Diego. The Two Females were Miss Kitty, a 17-year-old female who stood 5’ 6” at her shoulder and weighed in at around 3,500 pounds, and Daisy May. Daisy was a young and vibrant 10 years old and weighed in at a trim 3,000 pounds and was a petite 5’ at her shoulder. Of the 3 loaned Rhinos Daisy was the most social. But Matt was King.
READ THE STORY OF THE LAST GIANT IN OUR BLOG https://artofthegypsy.artspan.com/art-of-the-gypsy-blog.html
“Art must evoke an emotion in order to be art. If it only creates indifference then it is not art, it is garbage!” -The GYPSY-
By Romani American Artist J.A. George AKA; The GYPSY
Original 18" x 24" Acrylic Painting on Gallery Stretch Canvas. The back of the painting is signed and dated by the artist and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
STORY OF THE LAST GIANT
His name was Matthew Dillon Ceratotherium Simum. We just called him Matt and he was just 15 years old when he died. Matt was also the last of his kind. Matt was the last wild-caught Southern White Rhino and he was my friend.
Matt stood 6’ at the shoulder and weighed in at around 5,000 pounds. Captured in southern Africa when he was just a year old. Matt was shipped to the United States to the San Diego Zoo in California as part of a conservation of species program. After his capture, international restrictions were implemented that kept any more Southern White Rhinos to be exported from Africa.
Matt eventually was loaned out to El Paso Zoological Park in El Paso, Texas. The hope was that Matt, whose bloodline was unique and not found in any other Southern White Rhinoceros in North America, would breed with the two female Southern White Rhinos also on loan from San Diego. The Two Females were Miss Kitty, a 17-year-old female who stood 5’ 6” at her shoulder and weighed in at around 3,500 pounds, and Daisy May. Daisy was a young and vibrant 10 years old and weighed in at a trim 3,000 pounds and was a petite 5’ at her shoulder. Of the 3 loaned Rhinos Daisy was the most social. But Matt was King.
READ THE STORY OF THE LAST GIANT IN OUR BLOG https://artofthegypsy.artspan.com/art-of-the-gypsy-blog.html
“Art must evoke an emotion in order to be art. If it only creates indifference then it is not art, it is garbage!” -The GYPSY-
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