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The prices of original paintings by Shanti are expected to go up in value after it emerged the Czech artist has lost interest in art.<\/p>\n
Shanti, a female Asian elephant resident at Prague Zoo, had been an enthusiastic practitioner of painting after being introduced to it by her keeper Veronika Struplova Veronika taught her how to hold a paintbrush in her trunk. Shanti then put brush to canvas with her keeper’s help. Then, after two or three months, she could paint unassisted.<\/p>\n
However, Shanti has not painted since a move to a new enclosure in the zoo. Having completed 12 paintings in her career, this means that her works, as limited editions, could go up in value.<\/p>\n
At the moment, her paintings are being auctioned off for up to £1,000 a piece to raise money for veterinary equipment for an elephant zoo in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The prices of original paintings by Shanti are expected to go up in value after it emerged the Czech artist has lost interest in art. Shanti, a female Asian elephant resident at Prague Zoo, had been an enthusiastic practitioner of painting after being introduced to it by her keeper Veronika Struplova Veronika taught her how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists_and_graphics_supplies"],"yoast_head":"\n