Pieter Cronje - Save our planet

Lockdown art - 2020 "Five hornbills" Acrylic on canvas 127 x 101 cm Finished this one today. As a bit of a nature freak and keen birdwatcher I tried to capture the five South African Hornbills. Started this one early this year and it took be quite a while to finish. #PieterCronjeArt #Hornbills #LockdownArt

It really disturbed me to see how many endangered species and sometimes even critically endangered species are on the menu in China and Vietnam. I was really sad to see how they sell dogs and critically endangered animals in the local food markets and they even have a special day in China where they eat dog meet. No many people are dying. #PieterCronjeArt #Lockdown #Wetmarkets #Covid #LastSupper

Lockdown - "Swimming through the desert - Trying to escape corona" Swimming through the desert 2020 People are trying to survive on this planet with more and more political interference and destruction of natural resources Acrylic on canvas 61 x 61 cm #PieterCronjeArt #SwimmingtheDesert #PieterCronjePainitings #Lockdown #Covid

Cat - Lockdown "Where are all the people" 20 x 20 Acrylic on canvas #PieterCronjeArt #Covid19 #Lockdown #Lonelyness #Covid

2019 Ring-tailed lemur - Miniature painting 10 x 10 cm Madagascar #PieterCronjeArt #SavetheLemurs #Lemurs#Madagascar

Rhino war 2019 Acrylic on canvas 80 x 80 cm #PieterCronjeArt #SavetheRhino

Survival of the strongest - Only the strongest species survive #PieterCronjeArt

Save the Rhino 2018 #PieterCronjeArt #Savethe Rhino

Saving the Indian Tiger. I had the opportunity to train police in Punjab India on how to respond to violence against women. The police invited me to visit a nature reserve (Tiger Reserve) in what they refer to a Kipling country. The area in India that inspired the English author Rudyard Kipling to write the Jungle Book. Unfortunately, this is a highly threatened species with a high demand from Chinese Traditional Healers for Tiger Bones. They also use the skins for a dancing ceremony in…

Indian Tiger 2019 Bengal Tiger #PieterCronjeArt

Indian Tiger 2019 Bengal Tiger #PieterCronjeArt

Crowned Hornbill 2019 #PieterCronjeArt #AfricanBirds

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill 2019 #PieterCronjeArt #Hornbill #AfricanBirds

Southern Ground Hornbill 2019 #PieterCronjeArt #Hornbill #AfricanBirds

African Grey Hornbill 2019 #PieterCronjeArt #Hornbill #AfricanBirds

Trumpeter Hornbill 2019 #PieterCronjeArt #Hornbill #AfricanBirds