January 3, 2017
GABBA GALLERY ALLEY PROJECT DTLB
By Roaming Elephant
Elephants have been roaming the earth for a very very long time. They are an incredible extension of our ancient world. In an effort to keep them alive and flourishing, I’ve begun a mission to paint canvases of these sentient beings in various forms and colors. This intention has taken me all over the world, allowing my creative expressions to hang on walls, as well as be literally on walls.
Los Angeles film director and artist Matt Shapira, aka Roaming Elephant, is part of a growing number of concerned “citizens of the planet” and says it is his “calling and duty to do what ever I can, however I can, to protect the lives of those who are in need the most.” Channeling that concern into protecting elephants Shapira has partnered with Precious Elephants, a community of people passionate about saving elephants and protecting their environment, and has committed 12% of the proceeds from those efforts into elephant care. This mural was recently painted in E. Alta Way for the Gabba Gallery Alley Project DTLB. @roaming__elephant @gabbagallery @preciouselephants @scenesfromthesidewalk
