“The Matriarch.” 11×14″ oil on board. This elephant bluff charged me and my father while we were on safari in South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. $1,000. Contact the artist for availability.“Sundarbans Tiger.” 20 x 30″ oil on canvas. The Sundarbans is a huge area of mangrove forests in Bangladesh where the Ganges River, Brahmaputra River, and Meghna River flow into the Bay of Bengal. It is also the home to some 100 Bengal tigers. Available through Cole Gallery.“The Flame of the Forest.” 72 x 60″ oil on canvas. The flame of the forest is another name for the bright orange blossoms of the dhak trees that grow in many of the jungles where tigers still live. Here, it also references William Blake’s famous line, “Tyger, tyger, burning bright.” Available through Cole Gallery.“Temple Tiger.” 36 x 36″ oil on canvas. The Temple Tiger is a reference to the story of the same name, written by the legendary conservationist and hunter Jim Corbett in 1954. Corbett loved tigers but was often called on to hunt the man eaters of India—tigers that preyed on people usually due to injuries that prevented them from hunting deer and antelope. The Temple Tiger was the name given to a man-eater that Corbett hunted for many days but never killed. Available through Cole Gallery.“Cold Water.” 30 x 20″ oil on canvas. Available through Cole Gallery.
“Geyser Basin Buffalo.” 72 x 40″ oil on canvas. Available through Cole Gallery.“Cadmium Buffalo.” Oil on canvas. 72″ x 60.” Cadmium is a heavy metal that used to be regularly used in paint because of the rich depth and vibrancy it lent to colors, especially yellows and reds. While true cadmium yellow, orange, and red paints can still be found, most companies now substitute other less toxic compounds for cadmium and instead list their paints as “cadmium yellow hue,” for instance. Such is the case with all of the paints that the artist uses.
“Phantom Lake Wolf.” Oil on canvas. 30″ x 40.” Phantom Lake is located on the Blacktail Deer Plateau in Yellowstone National Park. Purchase through Cole Gallery. Sunrise. 24″ x 36″ oil on canvas. $2000. Contact artist for availability.
Chromatic Springs. 36″ x 24″ oil on canvas. $2000. Contact artist for availability.Gunsight Lake Grizzly. 24″ x 30″ oil on canvas. $2400. Purchase through Cole Gallery.
Dust Bath. 40″ x 60″ oil on canvas. $2500. Contact artist for availability. Butting Heads; 66″ x 66″; oil on canvas; $6,000 Purchase through Cole Gallery.
Thomas McCafferty 
