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Franck Maes a Professional Hunter with Unexpected Talent
Professional Hunter Franck Maes with an incredible Elephant hunted in Tanzania, with tusks measuring a 2.44 meters (8 feet) in length.
I thought that I would share these paintings and hunting pictures that one of our member posted in the photo gallery.
Franck Maes is a renowned and respected PH in Africa as well as an African wildlife artist, a rare combination of skills. He shows his love for Africa, its' wildlife and people in everything he does.
Although he is French, Franck Maes was born in Brazzaville, Congo in 1962 and spent much of his childhood there as well as in Cameroon and Kenya. It was a hardship for him to go back to France to complete his studies. He was only nineteen when he returned to Africa to become a professional hunter, which is more than a job to him, it is his passion.
Franck Maes as a little boy in Brazzaville Congo in 1963
Franck Maes in Tanzania in 1972
He apprenticed in Senegal for a couple of hunting season from 1982 to 1983 and started his career as a professional hunter in North Cameroon as an assistant in 1983. After spending 4 years in Cameroon, he returned to Senegal for a couple of seasons then went on to Tanzania. For the next 20 years Franck guided for a prominent hunting operator in Tanzania from 1988 to 2008. He stepped back from hunting for a couple of years and found himself pursuing a new endeavor.
Professional Hunter and Wildlife Artist Franck Maes. His maasai friends named him “Mbwa Mwitu” which means “Wild Dog”, it is this name that inspired his signature.
He has been marked with an indelible print after spending a quarter-century in the bush walking amongst the wildlife and living with the maasai, whose language he speaks fluently. Through his paintings, he wants to show and share his passion for the wild animals he has encountered and the tribes who still live according to a traditional and preserved way of life.
Professional Hunter Franck Maes with one of his long time tracker Bawe in Tanzania.
Franck has recently returned to hunting in Cameroon where he now offers hunting safaris on foot with the hunting outfitter Frank Vannier.
Check out Franck's website at www.franckmaes.fr, he does custom paintings and enjoys creating very large framed paintings such as the life size elephant painting shown below.
Elephant Taille Reelle - Life Size Elephant by Wildlife Artist Franck Maes. Franck next to his large painting, no wonder he calls them life size!
Hunting Elephant in Tanzania
Lion Taille Reelle - Life Size Lion by Wildlife Artist Franck Maes. Franck while painting his life size Lion.
Hunting in Tanzania
Ditos les Amis
Hunting Elephant in Tanzania
Upepo mbaya - Taken by the Wind
Hunting Lion in Tanzania
Amarko - Hippo in Maasai
Hunting Buffalo in Tanzania
E-Muny - Rhino in Maasai
Hunting Leopard in Tanzania
La Baignade - The Swim
Hunting Buffalo in Tanzania
Faru eupe - Rhino in Maasai
Hunting Lion in Tanzania
La Charge du Lion - The Lion Charge
Hunting Leopard in Tanzania
Le Buffle de Franck - Franck's Buffalo
Hunting Elephant in Tanzania
Le Graal
Hunting Lion in Tanzania
Rencontre - Encounter
Hunting Lion in Tanzania
Uta n'doto
Hunting Lion in Tanzania
Simba Jike
Hunting Elephant in Tanzania
Migration
Hunting Leopard in Tanzania
Faru kali - Rhino in Maasai
Hunting Lion in Tanzania
Ulugaru geri
Hunting Lion in Tanzania
Ulugaro Kito
Le Soliste - The Soloist
Moranes na kuja
Sikulu les Ditos
Ibor - White in Maasai
Kissinga
L'arrivee des Moranes - Arrival of the Moranes
Ceremonie Maasai - Maasai Ceremony
Coco
Enk-Opiro - Plume in Maasai
Professional Hunter Franck Maes with an incredible Elephant hunted in Tanzania, with tusks measuring a 2.44 meters (8 feet) in length.
I thought that I would share these paintings and hunting pictures that one of our member posted in the photo gallery.
Franck Maes is a renowned and respected PH in Africa as well as an African wildlife artist, a rare combination of skills. He shows his love for Africa, its' wildlife and people in everything he does.
Although he is French, Franck Maes was born in Brazzaville, Congo in 1962 and spent much of his childhood there as well as in Cameroon and Kenya. It was a hardship for him to go back to France to complete his studies. He was only nineteen when he returned to Africa to become a professional hunter, which is more than a job to him, it is his passion.
Franck Maes as a little boy in Brazzaville Congo in 1963
Franck Maes in Tanzania in 1972
He apprenticed in Senegal for a couple of hunting season from 1982 to 1983 and started his career as a professional hunter in North Cameroon as an assistant in 1983. After spending 4 years in Cameroon, he returned to Senegal for a couple of seasons then went on to Tanzania. For the next 20 years Franck guided for a prominent hunting operator in Tanzania from 1988 to 2008. He stepped back from hunting for a couple of years and found himself pursuing a new endeavor.
Professional Hunter and Wildlife Artist Franck Maes. His maasai friends named him “Mbwa Mwitu” which means “Wild Dog”, it is this name that inspired his signature.
He has been marked with an indelible print after spending a quarter-century in the bush walking amongst the wildlife and living with the maasai, whose language he speaks fluently. Through his paintings, he wants to show and share his passion for the wild animals he has encountered and the tribes who still live according to a traditional and preserved way of life.
Professional Hunter Franck Maes with one of his long time tracker Bawe in Tanzania.
Franck has recently returned to hunting in Cameroon where he now offers hunting safaris on foot with the hunting outfitter Frank Vannier.
Check out Franck's website at www.franckmaes.fr, he does custom paintings and enjoys creating very large framed paintings such as the life size elephant painting shown below.
Elephant Taille Reelle - Life Size Elephant by Wildlife Artist Franck Maes. Franck next to his large painting, no wonder he calls them life size!
Hunting Elephant in Tanzania
Lion Taille Reelle - Life Size Lion by Wildlife Artist Franck Maes. Franck while painting his life size Lion.
Hunting in Tanzania
Ditos les Amis
Hunting Elephant in Tanzania
Upepo mbaya - Taken by the Wind
Hunting Lion in Tanzania
Amarko - Hippo in Maasai
Hunting Buffalo in Tanzania
E-Muny - Rhino in Maasai
Hunting Leopard in Tanzania
La Baignade - The Swim
Hunting Buffalo in Tanzania
Faru eupe - Rhino in Maasai
Hunting Lion in Tanzania
La Charge du Lion - The Lion Charge
Hunting Leopard in Tanzania
Le Buffle de Franck - Franck's Buffalo
Hunting Elephant in Tanzania
Le Graal
Hunting Lion in Tanzania
Rencontre - Encounter
Hunting Lion in Tanzania
Uta n'doto
Hunting Lion in Tanzania
Simba Jike
Hunting Elephant in Tanzania
Migration
Hunting Leopard in Tanzania
Faru kali - Rhino in Maasai
Hunting Lion in Tanzania
Ulugaru geri
Hunting Lion in Tanzania
Ulugaro Kito
Le Soliste - The Soloist
Moranes na kuja
Sikulu les Ditos
Ibor - White in Maasai
Kissinga
L'arrivee des Moranes - Arrival of the Moranes
Ceremonie Maasai - Maasai Ceremony
Coco
Enk-Opiro - Plume in Maasai
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