What is Elephant Art?

A Fine Example of Elephant Art

The type of paper or canvas used for your painting is extremely important both to show the work of art at its very best and in order to preserve its quality for at least a lifetime. So many vendors fail to appreciate this and skimp on the quality of the art media in order to cut costs. Not so at The Elephant Art Gallery. We use international brand name acrylic paints and one of two paper types:

1. A heavy weight handmade, archival quality art paper that is supplied exclusively by HQ PaperMaker™. This gorgeous paper is white, smooth, naturally deckle edged, acid free, chlorine free and internally sized. HQ PaperMaker special art papers are quality papers that have been lovingly crafted and they are the best that money can buy.

2. Fine quality Fabriano Ingres 160 gsm art paper. Ingres is skillfully made from a time tested blend of cotton and alpha cellulose. Its high rag content makes it very strong. Two deckle edges give this paper a lovely rich look.


Each painting is an original work of art painted directly onto the paper by the elephant and is not a print. We chose to use paper rather than canvas and to use a handmade paper rather than machine-made paper, so as to enrich and enhance the paintings themselves. We believe that quality handmade paper is a perfect art medium for this type of painting.

As a note of caution, if you are considering buying any painting from another site that uses saa paper, standard handmade mulberry paper, or elephant dung paper, please be aware that these papers are not archival quality art papers and that your painting will not appear at its best and may suffer over time as a result.

If you are an artist, specialist printer or a supplier to these markets, we highly recommend that you check out special archival handmade art papers at the HQ PaperMaker website where you can buy them directly from the manufacturer online.

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