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AFC Flag Expedition #6:
Cross River Gorillas - The Most Endangered Primate
Expedition Artist: Daniel Taylor
Purpose: To observe the critically endangered Cross River Gorilla in its remaining habitat, conduct the first artistic field study of the primate in the wild and support conservation efforts through fundraising and education.
Location: Lebialem Highlands, South West Cameroon
Scheduled For: November 2007
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ABOUT DANIEL TAYLOR

Having been an artist for many years has been nothing short of a wonderful journey without end. I am forever grateful for the pleasure my gift has given so many people the world over.

My work can be found in both private and public collections internationally and I have been fortunate enough to have been granted showings not only in my home country but have also had my work prominently displayed in countries such as Canada, Japan, United States, England and Australia. A permanent exhibition of my art is on display in the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington DC.

For the greater part of our lives my family and I have lived in the wild interior of Canada, in British Columbia. This wilderness setting and the abundant wildlife which surrounds us has afforded us a continuous and insatiable thrill. An artist's paradise indeed! Shadows, depth, colour, warmth, smells and sounds - even the silence of falling snow in the crisp, cold winter nights - certainly sets an artist's imagination on fire! No matter where you look, ever-changing moods are stirred within as you are completely overwhelmed by the various and differing impressions of life around us.

The raising of my children within this wonderland has provided both them and myself many memorable images and reminders which I use as a basis for much of my work. Originally I sketched and painted portraits and landscapes in oil but later turned to wildlife. With much trial and error I have eventually succeeded in accomplishing the fusing of all three together and finding my true creative passion in life - Wildlife and Portraits. I am now an accomplished painter in all mediums but in particular in acrylics. Using acrylics I am able to build my creations in layers, layers of transparent paints and shadows, hoping to give you, the viewer, a sense of the painting coming to life.

Support for Conservation:
I am currently involved in a unique project with the African Conservation Foundation. ACF seeks to help safeguard Africa's endangered wildlife. The knowledge they have acquired through all their hard work, I couldn't even attempt to attain in my lifetime. I am a High Realist Artist - I have spent many years developing my technique, and feel I can reveal on canvas the warmth, the beauty of nature, but also the severity of the given crisis, that mere words cannot express.

I feel honoured to be able to paint such magnificent and vulnerable animals as it tears my heart out when I realise how endangered these fellow beings are. Through thoughtless actions we are bringing them to inevitable extinction, which will be our loss ... forever!

'Art for Africa — When Paintings Come Alive' is designed to raise funds for the conservation of the continent's endangered wildlife, such gorillas, elephants, lions, chimpanzees, leopards and cheetahs.

Limited edition prints of the African portraits painted for the Art for Africa project are available for purchase through auctions and direct sales. 80 percent of the revenues of these prints, numbered and signed, will go to the conservation of the endangered species.

I have also been invited to contribute to a large masterpiece wildlife mural mosaic. This entails a special fund raising Mural Mosaic in support of Youth Environmental Education and Preservation of Wildlife. The 216 panels that make up the mural will be auctioned off to raise funds for Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society.

The project has become a stunning mosaic of wildlife, bringing artists and people interested in wildlife art together for the environment.

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