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As the sun sets on the Serengeti a pair of giraffes are spotted taking an evening stroll by one of the gorgeous Acacia Tortilis trees that dot the Serengeti landscape everywhere you look. The bold and bright colors of this new painting from PaintingsByDarren are sure to make an eye catching statement in any home or office decor.

I have been drawing and painting for almost 50 years now starting with that first box of Crayola 64 crayons I received when I was five years old. Over the years I experimented with pencils, markers, pastels, oils, acrylics, inks, and mixed media. I was and still am a HUGE fan of such Fantasy Artists as Boris Vallejo, Frank Frazetta, Larry Elmore, and Keith Parkinson, just to name a few. I often would sit and draw fantasy creatures and castles along with some surrealistic landscape visions. About 25 years ago I started learning to airbrush and added that to my repertoire. You can see the heavy airbrush influence and use throughout many of my recent realistic paintings. Recently I have experimented with Mixed Media and abstract art as a way...