A dramatic scratchboard wildlife illustration of a hippopotamus with its mouth wide open, highlighting the intricate etched textures of its thick skin, massive teeth, and powerful jaws, framed by a rugged hand-painted black border.

Hippo II

Size: 42 x 30 cm
Medium: Sgraffito on mixed media
Date: 2026

Original Sold

King of the African waterways.

This Hippo portrait was created using a technique similar to scratchboard, where the black area is scraped away with sharp tools to reveal the white of the paper beneath.