Last Light | African Wild Dog
Watercolor painting of an endangered African wild dog standing alert, rendered in rust, black, and gold against a warm dissolving amber background.
Framed African wild dog watercolor print on display, from the conservation wildlife art series by Brett Blumenthal Art.
African wild dog watercolor in a black framed canvas option
Last Light | African Wild Dog
Last Light | African Wild Dog
Last Light | African Wild Dog
Last Light | African Wild Dog
Last Light | African Wild Dog
Last Light | African Wild Dog
Last Light | African Wild Dog
Last Light | African Wild Dog
Last Light | African Wild Dog
Last Light | African Wild Dog
Last Light | African Wild Dog
Last Light | African Wild Dog

Last Light | African Wild Dog


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The coat tells you everything. No two African wild dogs share the same markings — every blotch of rust, black, and gold is unique, a fingerprint worn on the outside. I wanted to document that individuality before it disappears entirely.

Fewer than 7,000 painted dogs remain in the wild. Habitat fragmentation has fractured their packs across a shrinking range — what was once nearly 40 countries is now scattered strongholds in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, and Zambia. They aren't disappearing because they're weak. They're one of Africa's most effective predators. They're disappearing because their world keeps getting smaller.

Last Light catches one in that threshold moment — alert, watching, holding ground. The warm dissolving background isn't decoration. It's the pressure of a world closing in.

Original watercolor on paper. Available framed, unframed, or as a gallery-wrapped canvas.

As a certified 1% for the Planet member, a portion of every sale supports independently audited conservation work.

Conservation Notes: The African wild dog — known to conservationists as the painted dog — is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Their primary threat isn't poaching. It's fragmentation. As development carves up sub-Saharan Africa, packs lose the vast territories they need to hunt, raise pups, and sustain genetic diversity. Isolated populations become sitting targets for disease, road mortality, and snaring. An estimated 500,000 painted dogs once roamed across Africa. Fewer than 7,000 remain.

For more info, please visit: IUCN, WCN or DSWF.

Reference Photo: Karen Broemmelsick

Standard shipping is FREE for all orders shipped within the US. Orders that are not upgraded typically ship via USPS.

Production times prior to shipping are as follows:

  • Unframed Prints: 3-4 business days
  • Unframed Canvases: 3-4 business days
  • Framed Prints: 3-5 business days
  • Framed Canvases: 3-5 business days
  • Originals: 3-5 business days

Once your order has shipped, tracking information will be emailed to the email address provided in your order.

Art is shipped in the following manner:

  • Paper Prints: 11x14 paper prints and smaller are mailed inside cardboard stay-flat envelopes. Prints larger than 11x14 are rolled and mailed inside mailing tubes to prevent damage. 
  • Stretched Canvas: Shipped in a protective plastic layer, and sealed in a corrugated box.
  • Framed Prints and Canvases: Wrapped in bubble wrap and boxed carefully with protection on corners. Sealed in a corrugated box.

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Artwork Options

Paper Prints

Printed on high-quality, archival grade, acid-free, 100% cotton rag inkjet paper.

  • 330 gsm, 17 mil thickness
  • High color gamut, black density, and D-Max for high contrast in both B&W and color reproduction prints.
  • Light texture, so as to not overpower the artwork.
  • Printed with full bleed (no border)

Paper Print Framed

Paper prints can be framed without a mat in sizes 11"x14" through 40"x50". We offer four standard colors: white, black, light wood and espresso. If you're looking for another color, please let us know and we can see if we can accommodate. Frames add approximately 1.75"to the overall dimensions of the artwork.

Paper Print w/ Mat Framed

This option is currently being rolled out. If you don't see it as an option and are interested, please contact us.

Paper prints framed with a mat provides a finished look to your artwork. Mat-boards are white and come with a 45 degree bevel. Mat widths vary depending on the size of the print and will be added to the overall dimensions, in addition to the 1.75" for the frame. Size options and final dimensions of the artwork are as follows:

  • 11"×14" w/ 2” mat (Approx. 16.75" x 19.75" total)
  • 16"x20" w/ 2.5” mat (Approx. 22.75" x 26.75" total)
  • 18"x24" w/ 3” mat (Approx. 25.75" x 31.75" total)
  • 24"x30" w/ 3" mat (Approx. 31.75" x 37.75" total)
  • 30"x40" w/ 3.5” mat (Approx. 38.75" x 48.75" total)

STRETCHED CANVAS

  • Printed on thick archival grade canvas with eco-solvent inks
  • Canvas arrive with finished sides wrapped around 1.5" thick solid wood stretcher bars so it's ready to hang
  • Fade resistant for over 100 years
  • Ready to hang with appropriate hardware

STRETCHED CANVAS FRAMED

Framed gallery wrapped canvases feature a thick, archival-grade polycotton-mix canvas that is carefully hand-stretched over solid wood stretcher bars, then attached to a wood floater frame.The depth of the frames is 1.5" and the face is .625".

  • Available Sizes: 11"x14" to 40"x50"

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