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Some years ago, in a toy shop, I came across a very life like small plastic figure of a rhino, which I used as a model for a series of thematic rhino paintings in fusionist style.

It is a great concern how rhinoceros are killed for their horns, which are traded on the black market.

A rhinoceros (from Greek meaning 'nose-horned'), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is one of any five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species therein. Two of the extant species are native to Africa and three to Southern Asia. The term "rhinoceros" is often more broadly applied to now extinct species of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea.

Members of the rhinoceros family are some of the largest remaining megafauna, with all species able to reach or exceed one tonne in weight. They have a herbivorous diet, small brains (400–600 g) for mammals of their size, one or two horns, and a thick (1.5–5 cm) protective skin...

Hans Egil Saele, b. 1954, Norway. Professional and full time artist working in the field of Fusionism and Nature. A selection of exhibitions the artist has participated in: "Nordic Masters" at Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, USA "Nordic Masters" Swedish American Museum, Chicago, USA "Nordic Masters" Swedish Art Institute, Minneapolis, USA Galleri Gude, Oslo, Norway Galleri Episteme, Abstract Realism, København, Denmark Galleri Art Now, Göteborg, Sweden Galleri Mollbrink, Uppsala, Sweden A selection of public and private collections the artist is represented in: Volvo Sweden, painting in the board room Samsung, Korea. Amoco Oil Company Collection, USA. Nordic American Tankers. Wolfgang Wagner Samlung, Bayreuth,...