Introducing ‘Out Of the Shadows’. (Painted in gouache (water colour), on mount board.  26x18 inches).  There are now estimated to be as few as 3,200 tigers left in the wild. Numbers have fallen by about 95% over the past 100 years!  In this painting I wanted to capture the vulnerability of this beautiful creature as it appears from the jungle darkness.  Will its next step from the undergrowth be the last?

This painting is from a photograph I took whilst visiting a Berlin Zoo last year.  I recall this encounter   vividly. The big cats were inside and the cages seemed so small! This particular tiger seemed to reach out to me and make a ‘connection’ with his extremely mesmerising stare.  He seemed resigned to his life within bars and his unhappiness seemed clear to me. I decided then and there that I would to paint him and try to recapture that hypnotic gaze.

'Argun' Painted in gouache on board.

Mischief Maker’ (Sumatran Tiger Cub).
Painted in gouache on board. (20x14 inches).

I have just completed this original painting, which I have donated to the wonderful Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Smarden, Kent where it will be entered into a prize draw. The draw will be on the Sunday of my solo exhibition which takes place there, over the weekend of the 21st and 22nd April.

'White spirit, bright future' Painted in gouache on board. The white tiger is a recessive mutant of the Bengal tiger, which is reported in the wild from time to time. It is larger than other tigers, both at birth and when fully grown. Currently, several hundred white tigers are in captivity worldwide, with about one hundred being found in India. Nevertheless, their population is on the increase which is wonderful.

‘The lull before the storm’ Painted in Gouache on board.( 17x24).

‘The Sentinel’ (23 x 13) Painted in gouache on board.

Painted with Designer's Gouache on board. 10 x 14 inches.

The encounter painted in gouache in 16x21 board.
The last tiger painting for a while; the serie is now complete.
This painting shows that although tigers have a reputation as being predators, they can also be as curious as domestic animals!

Vigilance painted with Designers Gouache on a Daler-Rowney Board