{"title":"John Tolmay","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jt-header\"\u003eIn the Beginning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was born in Southern Rhodesia in 1943. My grandfather arrived in Rhodesia in or around 1890 as a transport rider moving supplies for the pioneers by ox-wagon up to Fort Salisbury from Saint Lucia Bay in South Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI often wonder what the Africa he saw must have been like on those long and interesting journeys and regret that I didn’t ask more questions or understand how quickly Africa would change. After the Second World War, my Dad settled in the Midlands area of Rhodesia and carved a cattle ranch out of virgin bush. Busy with the business of building the ranch, he employed a raw, bush-wise African to look after and tutor me about the bush. There couldn’t have been a better teacher for a small boy growing up in that enormous wilderness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy formal schooling was at REPS and Plumtree in Matabeleland. Both schools afforded young boys the chance to enjoy the bush as much as the classroom. Needless to say, the bush was always more interesting to me. It was here that I started to draw my observations in nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Learning Years\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter agricultural college in South Africa, the desire to broaden my horizons took me to Europe and then on to America where I worked in Nebraska and New Mexico as a cowboy. I returned to Rhodesia in 1966, married Di, put all that education to some use and went ranching. It was at that time I taught myself to paint in oils and very occasionally I found myself making 3 dimensional pieces out of wood or modelling clay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1974 I started guiding Safaris for tourist hunters from overseas and in 1980 sold the ranch, devoting my time to being a hunting guide. Little did I know that those years hunting and guiding were my anatomy classes for my future career as a sculptor. I completed and sold my first piece of Bronze Art in 1989.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecoming a Sculptor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow my sculpting is a full time occupation. I live in that head-space between past and present, translating scenes and images that are vividly recorded in my mind into waxes and clays. I use various foundries around the States to expertly cast them into the pieces of art that grace homes, studios, trophy rooms and offices around the world. While being an artist and a hunter I am also personally committed to Conservation. I started what is known as the ‘Nyawa Pilot Project’ in Zambia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe aim of this project is to achieve a better balance for rural people and their resources. Gradually the slow process of change is gaining momentum and it is my sincere hope that the concept of Community Based Wildlife Management will cease to be something that is only spoken about and become policy in the near future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"john-tolmay-extinction-is-forever","title":"John Tolmay - Extinction is Forever","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eExtinction is Forever\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eWhite Rhino Sculpture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 25\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e13h x 12w x 24L in\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 5,040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Extinction is Forever’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eThe Rhino population where they still occur are now under threat more than ever before. The world continues to appeal to Asia to realise that the horn is nothing more than just hair with no potency or health benefits. This is my tribute to the thousands of hard-working and brave individuals who believe in the preservation of this animal. Thanks to Bill and Linda Fuchs for allowing me to produce this piece copied from a full mounted White Rhino in their studio in Franklin, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48585681174773,"sku":null,"price":5040.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/Extinction1.jpg?v=1786546710"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-mountain-monarch","title":"John Tolmay - Mountain Monarch","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eMountain Monarch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eMoose \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 7\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e17h x 11w x 19L in\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 4,800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Mountain Monarch’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eI doubt that I would have ever sculpted a Moose if I had not have been commissioned to do this animal. Having little or no knowledge of the moose, I discovered that it has a very interesting mouth and nostrils. I conclude that this is due to its feeding habits whereby it apparently likes to feed on aquatic plants below the surface water in the lakes and ponds that it frequents. I can only hope that you enjoy my attempt to recreate this huge, iconic animal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48585731866869,"sku":null,"price":4800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/Moose1.jpg?v=1786547262"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-black-powder","title":"John Tolmay - Black Powder","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eBlack Powder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eBlack Rhino\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 12\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e21h x 16w x 32L in\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 13,800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Black Powder’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eI never hunted one of these wonderful tank-like creatures and really did not need to. They were abundant in the Zambezi Valley when we were operating in the Chewore Safari area but alas today there is not one to be seen there. Those that were not poached were translocated toward the centre of the country where it was decided they would be safe from the ravages of the poacher but even in the interior of the country they are under the guns of illegal hunting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eIf you have never seen one of these animals when he is aroused and angry then it is probably impossible to describe it. He is like a tank, simply ploughs his way through cover that would stall a 4×4 truck and worse he seldom runs away but runs toward where he thinks you are. The huffing sound he makes at this time seriously gets your attention. Those of us that experienced this animal while on foot in the thickets of the Valley must count ourselves among the luckiest folks who love the great outdoors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48585735667957,"sku":null,"price":13800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/BlackPowder1.jpg?v=1786547609"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-duke","title":"John Tolmay - Duke","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eDuke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eTusker Elephant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 5\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003eTop of shoulder 25h x 42L in\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 19,200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Duke’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eI decided to do my best to sculpt an Elephant called ‘Duke’ who lived in the Kruger National Park and died there in 2011. This is the most beautiful animal with more than 100lbs of ivory on each side. The Duke was a gentleman with the most wonderful disposition and I hope I have captured that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48585740419317,"sku":null,"price":19200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/Duke1.jpg?v=1786548022"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-king-of-camouflage","title":"John Tolmay - King of Camouflage","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eKing of Camouflage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eKudu Bull\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 5\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e30.5h x 14w x 25L in\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 10,800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘King of Camouflage’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eThe very first sculpture I did was a Kudu Bull made in wax bought in London and sculpted in Zimbabwe in 1986. First cast in California, I moved the mold to Montana in 2003. There were 50 in the edition and when it was near to selling out the mold was burned in a Foundry fire in Billings Montana in 2018. That little piece called ‘The Kudu Bull’ had a companion piece about the same size I called Tandala Kubwa (Swahili for Greater Kudu) molded and cast in Bozeman. Tandala Kubwa was sold out this year at the Dallas Safari Club, bought by our good friend and collector Mark Hadley. Knowing that this last single stand-alone Kudu would sell out in due course I realized the need to sculpt another and King of Camouflage was born. I had by now wanted to sculpt this animal in a larger format and hence the size of ‘Camouflage’. My long life-time association with this most iconic animal goes back to my childhood on Mahamara, the cattle ranch where I grew up in Southern Rhodesia. I have hunted this grand animal in 6 different countries and never ever tire of its majesty and its exquisite form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. 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He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48585747693813,"sku":null,"price":10800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/king-of-camouflage-01.jpg?v=1786548345"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-the-grassland-pixie","title":"John Tolmay - The Grassland Pixie","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eThe Grassland Pixie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eSteen Buck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 50\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e11h x 15w x 9L in\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 2,160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘The Grassland Pixie’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eI was raised in the midlands of Rhodesia where this little antelope was seen every day if you were out in the bush. I was given a .22 rifle when I was still a very young boy and this animal, as far as my Dad was concerned, was Royal Game and I was never allowed to hunt one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eThe Steen Buck is diurnal and hardly moves at night and as such was not a fellow that bothered my mother’s flowers and her vegetables under the cover of darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eTo this day I hold this little red antelope in high esteem and whenever I am in Africa it remains a real pleasure to see them and to realize that they are still wandering the grasslands of Southern Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50443180736757,"sku":null,"price":2160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/the-grassland-pixie-01_1.jpg?v=1790110148"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-tandala-ndogo","title":"John Tolmay - Tandala Ndogo","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eTandala Ndogo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eLesser Kudu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 10 \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e15h x 5w x 12L in\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 2,232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Tandala Ndogo’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eTandala Ndogo is Swahili for Lesser Kudu. I sculpted this piece for a good friend and collector in Florida. It is a very secretive and secluded species, much sought after by East African hunters. Typical of the Kudu it is a very beautiful animal with a certain allure, not easily forgotten. It is difficult to convey the sheer beauty of this iconic animal in the bronze. Here he is, shy and secretive – I hope you enjoy having time to see him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50443460509941,"sku":null,"price":2232.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/tandala-ndogo-01b_1.jpg?v=1790110963"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-tail-wind","title":"John Tolmay - Tail Wind","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eTail Wind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eThree Running Giraffe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 20\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e9h x 4w x 13L in\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 2,040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Tail Wind’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eMost collectors of art are in my opinion visual people. They enjoy seeing art. So, to enlighten the collector to what I have in mind the best way is to sculpt it small. I must say I too like this group of running Giraffe. The reason being that I can see the whole thing at once and I guess one’s mind does the rest! You cannot see the majesty of the Empire State Building if you are standing next to it; same with the Giraffe. This little Giraffe piece has a very small foot print and could fit easily as a centre-piece of a dining room table without blocking eye to eye contact of the people sitting at the table. It can be also be enlarged if a collector so wishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50443628544245,"sku":null,"price":2040.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/tail-wind-01b.jpg?v=1790111287"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-spooked","title":"John Tolmay - Spooked","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eSpooked\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eThree Running Kudu Bulls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 20\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e5.5h x 4.5w x 14L in\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 2,160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Spooked’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eHaving completed and seen the impact of ‘Tail Wind’ I decide to create ‘Spooked’. It conveys so much to me, I love it. For those of you the know the Greater Kudu I am sure you will appreciate the movement conveyed here. I would like to compliment the Hefestus Fine Art Foundry in Springtown TX, who were able to cast this tiny little piece with its delicate horns and tails, even more delicate than ‘Tail Wind’ – they never balked at the prospect. I hope you enjoy this little piece of hand luggage art!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. 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It did not move very well and it was collected by some people but only sporadically. I decided to discontinue the edition and hey-presto collectors started asking for the sculpture. So I sculpted two more little Elephants. Separately they are ‘The Apprentice’ and ‘The Renegade’ and on one base (they can be joined) they are ‘The Charge Of The Light Brigade 2’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. 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The Dung Beetle is the only creature warm blooded, cold blooded or insect that creates something from a raw material and then by rolling it along the ground eventually makes it perfectly round as it gathers soil particles. In this case a blob of dung is clawed from a pile of wet dung into which the beetle lays eggs then rolls it to build a crust of earth on it and then buries it by digging all around it, gradually sinking the ball into the ground where the eggs hatch and the little worm has a full larder to snack on until it pupates and emerges as another beetle to continue the cycle. Made more interesting by the fact that despite seeing this round object being rolled along the ground the wheel was not developed in Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. 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The fight was brief and very violent. The younger challenger was very quickly subdued and left the field of battle with a broken horn and a serious wound in his rear end. I depict here two bulls of similar age and weight fighting and leave you to decide who may win.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. 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I was very proud of that trophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. 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He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67572641562869,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/little-big-buck-01.jpg?v=1790364862"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-accepting-the-challenge","title":"John Tolmay - Accepting the Challenge","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eAccepting the Challenge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eSable Antelope\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 20\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e12h x 7w x 15L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 2,400\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Accepting the Challenge’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eYears ago on the ridge of spine running down the then Rhodesia, I saw two Sable bulls squaring off to fight. It never came to a fight, they only postured and there were many really impressive gestures. After about 30 minutes of showing off the one bull was intimidated enough to where he broke off and ran with the victor running up behind making impressive sweeps with his horns. I never saw this again and I have never seen any wounds on Sable bulls. It occurs to me that they rarely, if ever, get into a full on fight – it could be pretty deadly if they did go for each other full on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eWhat you see here is one of the stances they took among other gestures of defiance. The victor had a trophy that measured 46 inches and has a place in a beautiful home in Paris, France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67572646674677,"sku":null,"price":2400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/accepting-the-challenge-01.jpg?v=1790365090"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-bait-ball-ballet","title":"John Tolmay - Bait Ball Ballet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eBait Ball Ballet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eYellowfin Tuna\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 12\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e14h x 9w x 14L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 2,040\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Bait Ball Ballet’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eThis is really out of my league and it was very difficult to do, but when someone asks then someone better do it, right? How do you sculpt water? How can you sculpt water cascading down the sides of a fish? How do you sculpt droplets hitting the waves around? Heck I don’t know so I better make sure that I get the patina right. The fish is a Yellow Tailed Tuna and the pictures that I had to look at to achieve this show that it is indeed a very beautiful fish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eI hope that you enjoy him as much as I struggled to sculpt him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608100143349,"sku":null,"price":2040.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/bait-ball-ballet-01.jpg?v=1790968717"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-avoiding-the-pot","title":"John Tolmay - Avoiding the Pot","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eAvoiding the Pot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eThomson's Gazelle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 50\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e8.5h x 6.5w x 6.5L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 1,200\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Avoiding the Pot’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eThis little piece is my depiction of the Thomson’s Gazelle. In just about every book written in respect of hunting in East Africa there is some reference made to the hunter killing a ‘Tommy’ as they are referred to, for the ‘Pot’. Always on the move and with a tail that is constantly wagging around, here then is a ‘Tommy’, Avoiding the Pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608110235893,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/avoiding-the-pot-01.jpg?v=1790969081"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-misfire","title":"John Tolmay - Misfire","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eMisfire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eCape Buffalo bull gorging tribesman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 20\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e6h x 12w in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 3,360\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Misfire’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eWhen I was invited to sculpt a piece for the Miniature Art Showcase for 2014 Safari Club International, I was somewhat undecided as to who exactly would be the recipient of this Buffalo’s attentions. In years gone by Arabs traded off poor quality muzzle-loader guns for slaves and ivory. I wonder how many poor souls who ventured after the Cape Buffalo with these weapons actually fated to arrive in the position as this tribesman. That he was not alone is obvious due to the spear that it is sticking out of the animal. The ferocity of the attack would have scattered his hunting companions. Here then is what I call ‘Misfire’. The rest speaks for itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. 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Something useful to keep your desk tidy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608180326645,"sku":null,"price":480.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/kudu-skull-paperweight-01.jpg?v=1790970813"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-pumbaa-deceased","title":"John Tolmay - Pumbaa Deceased","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003ePumbaa Deceased\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eWarthog Skull\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 20\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e9h x 7w in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 1,200\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Pumbaa Deceased’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eI decided to join the fray this year at SEWE and do a sculpture in the quick-draw event at the show. Basically you have an hour to make a piece of art which is then auctioned off to raise funds for SEWE projects. My subject was a Warthog skull which I called ‘Pumbaa Deceased’. Nothing special – just a bit of whimsy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. 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They will find a depression with mud in it and lay themselves down in the mud to cool off and at the same time cover themselves with mud to protect against insect bites when the mud dries on the skin. The scene is often comical due to the antics of the pig as they go about their mud bath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. 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Ideal for keeping some order on your desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608261755125,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/buffalo-skull-paperweight-01.jpg?v=1790971998"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-whiff-on-the-wind","title":"John Tolmay - Whiff on the Wind","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eWhiff on the Wind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eHyena\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 17\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e11.5h x 8w x 11L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 1,920\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Whiff on the Wind’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eMy good friend Gerry Ohrstrom asked me to sculpt a Hyena as he wanted a gift for a man who had done a thesis on these strange animals. I accepted of course, not knowing that I was in for a long tour of duty. I took clay to Tanzania in 2008 where I was going to be on a hunt in the Selous Game Reserve with my good friend and long time hunting companion Michi Deckel. I started the sculpture and when I was told by my fellow guides it looked like a dog it was the beginning of repeatedly re-sculpting this piece. For me this was the most difficult animal that I have sculpted. The Hyena when he is hunted becomes extremely cunning and if he occurs on private land he is all but impossible to hunt. So here he\/she is, for not only are they difficult to hunt or sculpt, they are nearly impossible to sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. 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It’s a subject I had long considered but never attempted — largely because, while the impala is one of Africa’s most graceful and dynamic antelopes, its very abundance has made it an uncommon subject in fine art. Unlike the iconic predators or the rarer plains game, the impala often goes unnoticed despite its elegance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis commission gave me the perfect reason to finally capture that beauty in bronze. I chose the East African subspecies, distinguished by its larger frame and the impressive lyre-shaped horns that sweep with refined symmetry. Instead of depicting the impala in mid-leap—a natural but fleeting moment — I chose, at Jay and Mary’s request, to sculpt him standing tall and alert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn that stillness lies the essence of the species: poised, powerful, and eternally aware — a quiet moment before the next leap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnjoy this East African Impala.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608283021557,"sku":null,"price":2280.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/east-african-impala-study-02.jpg?v=1790972736"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-blue-bull-of-the-southern-grassland","title":"John Tolmay - Blue Bull of the Southern Grassland","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eBlue Bull of the Southern Grassland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eCape Eland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 30 NEW PIECE Sculpted in 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e19h x 8w x 18L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 6,720\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Blue Bull of the Southern Grassland’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Cape Eland is found across much of southern Africa, and while different countries may call it by various names, it remains unmistakably the Cape Eland. Among hunters abroad, it has often stood in the shadow of its northern cousin, the Lord Derby or Giant Eland. This is something of an injustice – for while the Lord Derby claims longer horns (with a record of 56.75″), the Cape Eland is the larger of the two, reaching over 2,000 pounds in weight and ranking as Africa’s true giant antelope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite its size and magnificence, the Cape Eland has never quite received the recognition it deserves. To me, however, it has always been an animal of immense presence, its sheer bulk combined with a quiet elegance. Strangely, I had never sculpted it until now – something I feel was long overdue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI present to you the Blue Bull, a tribute to the southern giant of Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608293933301,"sku":null,"price":6720.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/blue-bull-of-the-southern-grassland-01.jpg?v=1790973029"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-grevys-zebra","title":"John Tolmay - Grevy's Zebra","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eGrevy's Zebra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eFemale Zebra with a young colt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 20 NEW PIECE Sculpted in 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e15h x 11w x 17L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 7,800\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Grevy’s Zebra’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was commissioned by the CEO of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepartners.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWildlife Partners\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto sculpt a Grevy’s Zebra – an undertaking that soon revealed itself to be one of the greatest challenges of my career. While I can recognize a male Burchell’s Zebra from two hundred yards, the Grevy’s is a far more complex and elusive subject. With its refined anatomy, long slender nose, and delicate mouth, it demanded months of work, including several complete restarts, before I was satisfied that I had captured its essence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the greatest challenge lay not in the form, but in the stripes. How could one honor the stark beauty of black and white in bronze? My patinair, Jimmy Hill, developed a method I believe has never been tried before: first turning the bronze entirely black with ferric oxide, then applying a layer of white oxide over it. Once cooled, the white was carefully removed from the raised stripes, revealing the striking pattern you see here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Grevy’s Zebra is not only Africa’s rarest zebra, it is also one of its most endangered species, found only in small, fragile populations in northern Kenya and Ethiopia. Few travelers will ever see one in the wild, and fewer still will encounter it in bronze. This piece therefore represents something truly uncommon – both in subject matter and in technique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis commission also reflects a shared philosophy. At the core of Wildlife Partners is a commitment to conserving rare wildlife from around the world, with a deep emphasis on Africa. My own values are rooted in conservation through hunting and art, using sculpture to immortalize the very animals we seek to protect. In this way, Wildlife Partners and I are natural allies: they conserve the living animal, while I preserve its spirit in bronze. Together, both the Grevy’s Zebra in the wild and the one captured here in sculpture become part of the same story of conservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the collector of rare African wildlife art, this Grevy’s Zebra stands as both a tribute to one of the continent’s most endangered animals and a testament to the art of pushing bronze to its limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608304287989,"sku":null,"price":7800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/grevys-zebra-01.jpg?v=1790973364"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-piss-off","title":"John Tolmay - Piss Off","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003ePiss Off\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eTwo old buffalo bulls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 25: NEW PIECE Sculpted in 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e7.5h x 12w x 18.5L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 7,200\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Piss Off’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor over a century, hunting in Africa has attracted those in search of the “biggest and the best.” Yet in recent decades, conservation-minded hunters have raised concerns about this tradition. The relentless selection of the largest and finest specimens has, over time, diminished trophy quality, as these prime animals are removed from the breeding pool and replaced by lesser bulls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn response, a new ethos has emerged — particularly among Cape Buffalo hunters. Instead of pursuing size, many now seek out the oldest, most battle-worn bulls: cantankerous, secretive, and often dangerous. These veterans of the bush, with their broken horns and wary temperaments, have earned their own prestige, embodying resilience rather than perfection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sculpture, titled ‘Piss Off’, captures exactly that spirit. It is a tribute to the grizzled old dagga boys of Africa — buffalo whose character and presence rival, and often surpass, the grandeur of the so-called “biggest and best.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608315134197,"sku":null,"price":7200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/piss-off-01.jpg?v=1790973619"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-swamp-ghost","title":"John Tolmay - Swamp Ghost","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eSwamp Ghost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eSitatunga Bull picking its way through lily pads\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 20: NEW PIECE Sculpted in 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e11h x 13w x 14L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 3,600\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Swamp Ghost’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis commissioned bronze portrays a male Sitatunga, created for a Safari Outfitter in Uganda. The Sitatunga is a species I came to know intimately during my years as a hunting guide – an elusive, almost spectral antelope that revealed itself only after long hours of patience in the papyrus swamps. Its secretive habits and aquatic terrain set it apart from the antelope most visitors encounter on the well-worn safari circuits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor that reason, the Sitatunga remains virtually unknown to the casual traveler, yet it is one of Africa’s most coveted and respected trophies. Its rarity in the wild translates directly into the world of art: few sculptures exist of this mysterious animal, making each piece an uncommon find for the discerning collector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat aura of mystery — the sense of an animal half-seen, half-imagined, inspired me to call this work Swamp Ghost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. 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How to even imagine it was a deep-dive into my imagination – capturing that intense moment just before a possible encounter when things could go either way for you or the elephant. Thankfully in my career as a professional hunter I never had to deal with this kind of situation and this dynamic and energetic pose was a challenge, but I’m really pleased with the result and hope you enjoy it too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. 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In my interpretation, he seems to be fixating on something that irks him, perhaps another male encroaching upon his domain, which inspired the piece’s title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608379588853,"sku":null,"price":3600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/death-wish-maybe-02b.jpg?v=1790975499"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-termite-mound-op","title":"John Tolmay - Termite Mound OP","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eTermite Mound OP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eKudu Bull \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 15: NEW PIECE \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e19h x 8w x 15L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$5,220\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Termite Mound OP’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eWho can ever tire of this magnificent animal, I don’t have to dig too deep into my memories to find yet another Kudu Bull. Out hunting, I remember very clearly a day when I was sitting behind a small thorn bush and not 80 yards away a very beautiful Kudu bull was nibbling at the leaves of a Msasa tree. Imagine his huge horns as he twists and turns his head to find the most succulent little morsel. I watched him, how stunningly beautiful. He scratched his back with the delicate stab of one magnificent tip of his horn, just so, right on that little spot. Then stop and and remain motionless for some endless minutes, as only he knows how, while he scans the air with his moist nostrils for any signs of danger. Satisfied he is alone and all is well he continues with the business of feeding. Then lowers his head and moves sedately from under the tree and slowly with long strides makes his way to a termite mound. Without any effort climbs to the top and this time uses his eyes to scan the bush. Nothing, he went down the other side and started to feed again. How long was I there? I don’t know but I never killed another one without it being absolutely necessary. I grew up that day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608388567285,"sku":null,"price":5220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/termite-mound-op-01.jpg?v=1790975804"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-moonlight-under-the-baobab","title":"John Tolmay - Moonlight Under the Baobab","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eMoonlight Under the Baobab \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eElephant under a Baobab Tree\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 25\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e16h x 13w x 16L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$5,040\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Moonlight under the Baobab’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eI had a temporary camp for one safari on the shores of Lake Kariba in the Charara Safari area, to go between two hunting areas in Zimbabwe. The camp was partly constructed on the day I arrived at the site, the night came and we had to quit work. I was lying awake on my camp bed under a tree as the tent was not up yet, when I heard what I had to presume were Elephant close by to where I was. I got up and walked toward the sound and could see a couple of Elephant under a small baobab tree really close to where I was standing. I stood still and watched them feeding around the base of the tree. I guessed they were picking up the Cream of Tartar seed pods that had fallen from the tree. I was about to move away when I was suddenly aware of a Bushbuck really close to me and for fear of spooking it and in turn the elephant, I just had to stand there until it moved away before I too could leave. Such scenes don’t fade they just ferment and get better as the years go by.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608400724213,"sku":null,"price":5040.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/moonlight-under-the-baobab-01.jpg?v=1790976323"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-heading-for-water","title":"John Tolmay - Heading for Water","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eHeading for Water\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eMale and Female Southern Nyala \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 15\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e17h x 12w x 16L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$6,120\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Heading for Water’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eThe Nyala are very colorful animals. The male and the female are very distinctive, the one being almost purple and the female almost like a different species. As such it is very difficult to depict them as being the same species without the use of color which I don’t particularly like doing. I have tried to show the two of them so that they are extremely visible, hence the fact that one is above the other as though they are going down a steep bank to a stream below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608416256245,"sku":null,"price":6120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/heading-for-water-01a.jpg?v=1790976680"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-pig-trotters","title":"John Tolmay - Pigs Trotters","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003ePigs Trotters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eWarthog mother and her 3 piglets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 12\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e11.5h x 5w x 24.5L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$4,200\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Pigs Trotters’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eThis is a little sculpture that speaks volumes if you have ever visited Africa where these wonderful little animals occur. When the breeding season gets going they can be seen everywhere, always apparently on the move. At these times the sow is supremely alert and spooks very easily and off they go with their quaint little tales in the air.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eAlas she seldom if ever raises all of the brood as her little pigs are heavily predated. Did you know that they are diurnal and live under ground during the night? Mama pig colonizes Aardvark holes and keeps her brood down there and if she is spooked she will run for the hole and reverse down so she can defend the hole with her tusks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eBaby warthogs if hand-reared by humans go down the hole head first because without Mama pig to show them how they just go in willy-nilly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eA burrow that is colonized by a warthog family is teaming with parasites and so they love to wallow in mud that helps to alleviate the itches. Watch them scratch themselves against a rock or a tree stump and then go right back into the mud again. They graze on short grass and to do this they are always down on their knobby little knees. Delightful little guys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608427561205,"sku":null,"price":4200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/pigs-trotters-01.jpg?v=1790977028"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-the-scent-of-silence","title":"John Tolmay - The Scent of Silence","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eThe Scent of Silence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eElephant Bull\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 20: NEW PIECE\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e18h x 14w x 24L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$7,200\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘The Scent of Silence’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eThe elephant remains so iconic. My knowledge of these animals revolves around the time I was guiding and the action being displayed here is easy for me to imagine because this is what they look like when they are aware of danger from behind. He is going for sure and if I know an elephant at all he won’t be back for a long while. The name signifies it all – he is aware and the although the silence is intense he is well aware that all is not well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608439881973,"sku":null,"price":7200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/the-scent-of-silence-01.jpg?v=1790977380"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-closing-in-the-long-grass","title":"John Tolmay - Closing in the Long Grass","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eClosing in the Long Grass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eThree Running Wild Dog\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 15\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e11h x 10w x 18L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$5,400\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Closing in the Long Grass’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eI call this sculpture ‘Closing In The Long Grass’. I feel that anyone who may envisage the terrain where these animals occur would imagine the short grass plains of the Serengeti or the sand deserts of the Savuti in Botswana. Well they occur in those places of course but I have also seen them in the Mulobezi Game Management Area in Zambia and the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania where the grass was anything but short. Here they have to hunt in tall grass and their under bellies are shaved clean by the grass they are forced to hunt in. Here then is how I see these splendid, highly successful little hunters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608462000373,"sku":null,"price":5400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/closing-in-the-long-grass-01.jpg?v=1790977715"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-running-the-gauntlet","title":"John Tolmay -Running the Gauntlet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eRunning the Gauntlet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eMigrating Wildebeest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 15\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e15h x 12w x 20L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$5,400\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Running the Gauntlet’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eThe Wildbeeste subject is something that our daughter Georgie has asked me to do for a while now. I have to say that I did not initially decide to do a migration piece when I started this subject – it just evolved into that. Initially I had just the two Wildebeest launching themselves into the Mara River but something was missing. It was not long before I realized that the ominous presence of the crocodile was an essential part of the scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. 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At the time searching in the Nagapande River basin for a diamond pipe that was never located. We had a crew of around 100 tribesmen and they had to be fed and the hunt license to feed that crew was in my name. I was issued with a Parker Hale 375 which was closely related to a piece of shit! Young and stupid at the time I considered myself indestructible and despite spending time up trees and down gullies with a spent shell stuck in the breach I managed to keep the larder full. Shortly after a very close shave with an old bull I was told quietly by head of the Game Department who monitored what I was doing that I was simply a dead man walking “They will kill you young man”!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eI was smart enough to take heed of that and now I sit 83 years old and alive to tell the tale and in time to sculpt a bronze piece with 6 bulls on a base which I called ‘The War Department’. Sculpted in about 2007 it eventually sold out and for a number of years I contended myself by sculpting other Buffalo pieces and now in 2025 decided that at least 3 of the original War Department Bulls might still be alive but very much bedraggled and broken down I called this one ‘The War Department Retired’ – take a look and enjoy before they all become Hyena Bait.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. 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Yet this focus often leaves aside other remarkable animals such as the Waterbuck, Gemsbok, and Grant’s Gazelle. For some time, I had considered sculpting either a Waterbuck or a Gemsbok. In the end, the Gemsbok won out – not only for its imposing presence, but for the challenge it presented with its striking facial markings and the long, elegant horns borne by both male and female.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece you see here is a work of imagination, though one firmly rooted in the realities of the bush. I chose to depict a dramatic encounter between a Gemsbok and a pack of African Hunting Dogs. While some might assume the dogs would prevail, I believe the opposite: the Gemsbok is pugnacious and unlikely to flee, instead standing its ground and defending itself with lethal force. Wild dogs are intelligent hunters, acutely aware that even a minor injury could be fatal in the constant struggle to feed and compete within the pack. In my view, they would only attack a Gemsbok if it were already weakened, injured or diseased. Otherwise, they would test it, find it capable of a fight, and withdraw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis interplay between predator and prey – strength meeting strategy, courage matched by caution – was what I wanted to capture in bronze. The sculpture is titled ‘He Who Fights and Runs Away Lives to Fight Another Day’, reflecting the timeless balance of survival in the wild.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608572035317,"sku":null,"price":7200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/he-who-fights-and-runs-away-01.jpg?v=1790979424"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-the-banker-as-a-bust","title":"John Tolmay -The Banker as a Bust","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eThe Banker as a Bust\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eCape Buffalo Bust\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 25\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e19h x 32w x 24L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$13,000\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘The Banker as a Bust’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eI decided that The Banker was so difficult to deal with as a wall mount due to its weight and the limitations that put on the ability to hang it on any wall. It would be better served as a bust that can be set into a plinth or exist as a free-standing piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. 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The prospect was truly intriguing. I couldn’t help but wonder, what exactly does a charging Cape Buffalo resemble? In that precise moment of the charge, I am sure that most people, including myself could not distinctly recall its features. The image was elusive, akin to a fading memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eHere are three simple rules:\u003cbr\u003e1. Consult your team so everyone is on the same page before starting the hunt.\u003cbr\u003e2. Aim carefully, you have time, if only a few seconds.\u003cbr\u003e3. 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While the obvious choice would have been the Impala, its charm failed to inspire me. Instead, I was drawn to the enchanting allure of the Nile Lechwe, also known as Mrs Grey’s Lechwe, native to the Sudan and Ethiopia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eAs I delved into my research on this fascinating subject, I uncovered the remarkable fact that Nile Lechwe are among the most splendid of all Lechwe species found in Africa. The males boast an iridescent black coat adorned with a white nape on the neck and distinctive white markings on the face. Notably, their horn size is second only to the Kafue Lechwe, adding to their majestic appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eHowever, as I commenced work on the sculpture, it soon became apparent that the scale of these animals would be too imposing, obstructing the view and interaction of the diners at the table. A decision was reached to relocate the sculpture to a more suitable location. In its place, I envisioned a trio of these majestic creatures, their lithe forms suspended in mid-leap over lily pads. The Nile Lechwe, indeed, is a rare and exquisite creature. I hope you enjoy this piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608717066485,"sku":null,"price":6000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/nile-lechwe-01c.jpg?v=1790980581"},{"product_id":"john-tolmay-gone-with-the-wind","title":"John Tolmay -Gone with the Wind","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eBull Elephant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 15\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e15h x 14w x 26L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$8,400\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Gone with the Wind’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eThe Elephant has been on the turntable for over 18 months and only now am I ready to send him to the Foundry. He is my attempt to depict one of the giants that roamed East Africa at the turn of the 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eThis gene pool was nearly hunted to extinction all over the continent. These big tuskers were not a rarity in East Africa and in fact they were the norm. A friend, Bill Malik, who was born in Kenya and now lives in LA was in Kenya when big tuskers were still being hunted. His Grandfather took a bull with 165 pounds on each side. What I have depicted in my sculpture does not weigh in like that. Those big tusks were found in animals that were able to carry ivory more than a total inside the head and outside of 12 feet or near 3 meters if you like. Some of those tusks measured 25 inches and more around the circumference of the tusk at the lip. The biggest ivory I took with Mike Aldersey measured a mere 16 inches round at the lip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eSo in effect if I am to pay homage to those magnificent bulls I need to revise upwards and not downwards!!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. 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This is my second attempt. The previous one I called ‘Lord Derby’s Giant’ sold out in Las Vegas SCI this year. This piece depicts a typical habit of the Eland, both the Giant and the Livingstone’s. As he trots off at that deceptive gait he is inclined to look over his shoulder left and right as he runs at speeds that can reach 40mph. Unlike so many large creatures he does not tire easily and can maintain this gait for miles. Gentle he is but due to his small mouth parts and huge body he is constantly on the move in search of enough browse to sustain his enormous weight and thus he is a difficult fellow to approach. The Eland is rightfully revered by the San Bushmen hunters of the Kalahari.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. 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