In the studio with artist, photographer and instructor Robert Louis Caldwell

Weekend for Elephants Columbine Gallery Loveland, Colorado August 7-9, 2015 I would like to cordially invite you to the “Weekend for Elephants” Art show and Sale at Columbine Gallery in Loveland, Colorado opening this week on Friday August 7. I have several paintings and graphite drawings in the show, all of them represent African Wildlife and are from my trips to Tanzania in 2012 & 2013. I will be at the gallery during the show working on my latest drawing of an Elephant, I hope to see you there! This show represents a special group of nine highly acclaimed international artists, Artist Ambassadors Against Poaching , working to bring awareness to the ongoing poaching crisis in Africa since 2013. These nine artists have pledged themselves to helping African Wildlife Trust and its efforts in saving the African Elephant through their art and donations, speaking engagements, museum exhibitions and gallery sales. They work to spread the word about the harm ...

Presenting two new drawings! I managed to finish up these two drawings around the holidays just in time for the opening last Friday, 1/9/2015, at glave kocen Gallery in Richmond, Virginia! "Without (African Elephant)" Graphite Pencil on Arches #300 watercolor paper, Hot Press 4 x 14 "Mischief Managed (Raccoon)" Graphite Pencil on Arches #300 watercolor paper, Cold press 6 x 9 Both of these drawings are available exclusively at glave kocen gallery gallery in Richmond, Virginia USA. Call 804.358.1990 or visit them online at  www.glavekocengallery.com “Size doesn't matter” Glave Kocen Gallery Richmond, Virginia January 9-31, 2015

"Three Princes (African Elephant)" Oil on 1/2" prepared maple 36 x 48 The painting, “Three Princes (African Elephant),” is the first painting that I actually searched for in the field. The idea and inspiration for this piece came from what I believed at the time to be the loss of the opportunity to travel to Tanzania, Africa, for the first time in 2012 -- a loss that was soon corrected by what I perceived as serendipity. In order to get to Tanzania, I was attempting to presell paintings and/or drawings to my collectors, which when you think about it, you are asking someone to purchase something sight unseen. The deadline was fast approaching for me to put down the deposit for my trip and I hadn’t received any bites on my advance purchase promotions. I had come to the decision in my head that my trip would not happen. At the time that I was making this choice and getting ready to end the promotion, I was working on a drawing of an African elephant from re...

Adventure in Tanzania, Africa 2013 Part 2 Encounter with a very large Bull Elephant Field sketch from Tarangire NP, Tanzania 2013 Halloween 2013 and I am out in the bush on a game drive, the west side of Silale Swamp in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. About mid morning we had made our way over to the area by Kuro Air strip, a small airport for what I call “puddle jumpers” to land at. Just as we were coming around a bend in the road that actually intersects with the road to the airstrip I saw the largest bull elephant I have seen to date and with what I considered to be huge tusks. Just a grand elephant! We of course stopped and got into position to watch and photograph this gentle giant. I guess when you are that large and older you earn the right to move slower, to go at your own pace, slowly pulling Acacia leaves off the tree that you are under and watching us with one eye as he goes about his business. He eventually walked out from under the tree and into the sunligh...

The Thirty-Three Project is at it's end! The Thirty-Three conservation project is drawing towards the end as Robert prepares to travel to Tanzania. One of the first things Robert will be doing in Tanzania will be to present Pratik Patel the founder of Africa Wildlife Trust with a check from the money raised through this project to help AWT's anti-poaching efforts of Elephants in Tanzania. This is something that has been very close to Robert's heart and we thank everyone who has participated so far in helping to raise money for the African Elephant and to give Robert the chance to give it to someone who is directly involved in saving these majestic animals. The sale of the limited edition print and conservation DVD package will end at 12:00pm EST on Friday October 18, 2013. There are only five prints available!  "Thirty-Three (African Elephants)" and DVD Conservation package. $250 You may click on the link above to order your print ...

My adventure in Africa 2012! Excerpts from my field sketchbook/journal. Day1 As soon as I stepped of the plane and onto the tarmac I could smell the difference... Arrived in Kilimanjaro airport in the middle of a thunderstorm, I have to tell you that I wasn't expecting that at all. A very small airport it didn't take very long to pick up my luggage and make my way out to the lobby where my guide and owner of OEA Safari Humphrey was waiting for me. Humphrey drove me through the pouring rain down in a complete blacked out landscape through the out skirts of Arusha where we ended up at his and his lovely wife's guest house. After some light snacks and a couple of glasses of a great South African Piontage I went to the guest house and called "it quits as I listen to the rain beat down in Africa... IN AFRICA!!!" Day 2 "Woke to the sound of pounding rain - Awesome!"  After a fantastic breakfast of fresh fruit, eggs and bacon and I have to tel...

Deadline extended!  10.15.2012  "Striped Horse (Zebra)"  Graphite pencil on Arches 300# watercolor paper  6 x 10  Every day brings my departure to Africa closer... I would like to thank everyone for their enthusiasm about my trip to Tanzania . Your emails of encouragement, suggestions of what to bring, and phone calls reminding me that I don't need to be able to run fast, just faster than everyone else have been greatly appreciated! My Advance purchase agreement of an original from my African adventure has been greeted with so much interest that I have extended the deadline to October 15, 2012. I have also included in this special purchase three drawings of African subjects that I currently have in my studio which you can add to your collection now. These three drawings are "Serendipity (African Elephant)," "Striped Horse (Zebra)," and "Contemplation (Chimpanzee)." These three drawings fall under the Level 2 discoun...

Presenting... “Serendipity (African Elephant) " Graphite pencil on watercolor paper 7 x 10 Fresh off the drafting table and inspired by my recent studies of African Elephants coupled with a few incidents of serendipity that have happened recently I present my newest drawing “Serendipity (African Elephant) .” You can see from my last posting, “60 gallons of water a day!” that I have been studying Elephants preparing myself for my upcoming trip to Africa and from the posting before that, “Serendipity and the 3 Princes,” I wrote about my recent encounters with serendipity. It was these two events that inspired me to draw my newest drawing and title it “Serendipity.” In my previous post, “Serendipity and the 3 Princes,” I wrote that I hope to find three young bull elephants while in Africa and compose a painting based on this story. Until then this drawing will have fill that desire. “Serendipity (African Elephant)” will be on exhibit at the upcoming group show with t...

Africa 2012 Journal/Sketchbook Entry: 7/19/2012 "The first animal on my list to study is the Elephant! This is one of my favorite mammals and it is such a magnificent animal." Africa 2012 sketchbook/journal entry 7/19/2012 In the hopes of being completely prepared for Africa I am working on studying a list of mammals and birds that I will most likely see while in Tarangire Park, Tanzania, Africa. Many of you may think that birds are my favorite animals and although they do hold a special interest to me alas they are not my favorite. Elephants, now that is a beautiful animal! They are the largest land mammal with males weighing up to 13,200 lbs standing 11’ tall and ears that can be 6.5’ x 5’, just incredible! They can drink up to 60 gallons of water a day, 26 gallons at once. They have an ambling walk and move from 3.7 miles per hour to 8 miles per hour and when charging up to 25 miles per hour, that is amazing. Stay out of their way! This is all incredible but I...