Clare Van Daele

Pencil Art

Specializing in Wildlife and Pet Portraiture

Living in Africa gives one many opportunities to explore the abundant wildlife that graces our many grasslands, wetlands, thorn-veld and ocean shores.  My journey with pencil art was a natural progression from a love of photography as I found myself attracted to capturing the details of creation.  The incredible persistence of a dung-beetle as it moves its ball of dung across a landscape, the baleful stare of a buffalo, the comical meerkats as they skitter around a termite mound – so many facets of life, unique and intricate in their environments.
Starting off with graphite only, I have moved on to colour pencils and some charcoal work and pastel pencils.

Detailed photo-realistic wildlife and pet portraiture by Clare Van Daele
Commissions are welcome – please select Ordering on the menu for more details.

Wildlife

Pet Portraits

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