What is Elephant Art?

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The value of any work of art is in the eyes of the beholder and the fact is that paintings have no intrinsic value apart from the materials used. However we all know that art that is considered ‘good’ for whatever reason has a higher perceived value than art that has no appeal. If one likes something one will pay whatever it takes to acquire it. In the case of elephant art it is certainly true that some artists’ creations are more appealing than others and therefore in greater demand. In March 2000 Christies in New York auctioned an elephant painting for US$2,200 to someone who I hope was very happy with their purchase. Bloxhams Gallery in London has auctioned another elephant painting for GBP1,600 (US$2,780) to someone with charitable intentions and a painting by Wanalee, one of our top artists, has sold for GBP1,000 (US$1,738) in the UK.

In fact, over the past 50 years art has proved to be one of the best possible financial investments that you could have made, better even than stocks and shares, bonds or precious metals. That is not to say that all art will continue to appreciate dramatically in value over the next 50 years.

Elephant art is currently enjoying a growing recognition and increasing popularity and as more and more art collectors (and elephant lovers) around the world discover its availability, higher demand is bound to lead to increased prices. Our own elephant art paintings have more than doubled in average price over the past four years, which is a fair indication.

Not all elephant art will increase in value however. It depends on the price you pay initially for the artwork and the quality of the materials used in its production. We have noticed for example that paintings by one of our elephant artists (in exactly the same style) that we sell at $169 each, are being offered at $350 and $845 respectively on two other websites. We sell our paintings at lower prices despite the fact that we use superior quality art materials (British and French fine art acrylics and the highest quality handmade archival art paper) in their production.

When you buy from The Elephant Art Gallery we guarantee value for money and it is a fairly safe bet (although we cannot control market forces) that increased demand will continue to drive prices up in the near future.

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