Salvador Dali Elephants

You can't get a whole lot stranger than Salvador Dali.  As we discussed the Spanish artist known for his surrealist paintings, we we amused to hear about some of the things we learned.  We tried to imagine riding around in a car full of cauliflower or that he said that he received transmissions from outer space through his trademark curly mustache. Dali's paintings are dream-like and fun to try to interpret. 

Even though we looked at The Persistence of Memory, I decided instead to have us focus on his elephants.  The elephants are so interesting with their huge bodies perched atop the long, spindly legs that have bird feet.  We also learned about the importance of elephants in Indian society. We let the costumes that are used in annual parades of elephants in India inspire us.  The costumes really gave the pictures a pop of color.