Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Silent Descent, oil on canvas 42 x18

Late in the day this lovely female leopard silently slipped out of the tree she had been resting in all day, headed for a night's hunting.  It all happened so quickly and silently it would have been easy to miss.  This piece is my contribution for Trailside Galleries 50th Anniversary, congratulations to them, what a wonderful achievement...

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Beside the Termite Mound, oil on canvas 20 x 45

We saw this handsome couple when we were last at Mombo Camp in Botswana.   They were part of a large pride and she had some small cubs that I was initially going to have in the painting but I decided to keep it simple, the old rule of "if it doesn't add to a painting it probably takes away from it" definitely applied. This is my major piece for Western Visions at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Sept this year

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Ever Vigilant


In the Sausage Tree

oil on canvas 42 x25.  This is a commission done to be a pair for a male leopard piece, Leopard Orchid.

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