Ellie
Created by: Amy Bourbon
Sponsored by: Marcol Ltd
Location: Victoria Park – Queens Road Entrance
Overview
Ellie is a fully lifelike young African elephant. She is representing her kind as sadly her species is at risk of extinction. She loves welcoming visitors!
Elephants like Ellie live in female-led groups, run by the largest and oldest lady in the herd. Interestingly, elephants are one of the only mammals that can’t jump, as their legs are too short to propel their bodies up in the air! Elephants can breathe when they’re underwater as they use their trunks like snorkels! Their trunks alone contain a whopping 40,000 muscles and are incredibly strong.
Location
Victoria Park – Queens Road Entrance
Meet the Artist
Amy Bourbon
“Amy Bourbon is a Fine Artist specialising in painting and drawing, specifically large-scale oil painting. She has been awarded a PhD from Birmingham Institute of Art and Design.
Amy has been artist in residence at Poole Museum for the Anthony Caro Sea Music anniversary project. She was recently commissioned to create artworks for the new Isle of Man Steam Packet ferry.
Amy has completed several projects for Wild in Art trails across the UK, the Isle of Man and Jersey. She has created a total of 29 sculptures to date and her auctioned sculptures have raised over £130,000 for charity.
Galleries of her artworks can be found on her website, amybourbon.com. Recent photographs of her sculptures can be found on Instagram – @amybourbonart.
Meet the Sponsor
Marcol Ltd
Marcol Ltd is a privately owned contract hire and leasing business, who have been providing innovative transport solutions to local and national companies for over 40 years. Specialising in the provision of heavy goods vehicles, with a full fleet management offering, the company has built an unparalleled reputation for delivering a great service and robust solutions which are also financially attractive. Marcol Ltd have an ethos built around Corporate Social Responsibility and are very proud supporters of our industry charity BEN and our local Hospice, LOROS.
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