Title: 'Tiger'
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Authenticity: This is an original painting by Alexandra McCusker-Stevenson. This is not a copy or a print, it is a one of a kind artwork.
Alex the artist will personally sign and date the back of the painting. She will also put her initials on the front of the painting.
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Dimensions: Width 61cm, Height 91.5cm, Depth 4cm
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The painting does not come with a frame.
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Medium: Acrylic on Canvas.
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Delivery: The artwork will be securely packaged and sent with a tracked and signed for service.
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Commissions: Please visit the commissions page and view the process of commissioning your own piece.
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Painting this piece was a challenging process. To capture such an expression on a wild animals face is technically difficult. I absolutely loved this process and over the many hours spent painting, the piece slowly emerged.
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The most important part of the painting is making it look alive and full of movement. The Tiger is a powerful creature, and I needed to get that into the piece.
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Using thick brush marks and leaving them exposed fills the painting with expression. I work onto a bright orange background using the fattest brush and as I placed the tones, colours and washes down the brushes I used reduced in size.
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As we all know, Tigers are endangered.
I am very passionate about animal welfare and think it is important people try and understand how they are impacting these animals.
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Here is some information on Tigers:
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- Over the last 150 years, the tigers' range has shrunk by nearly 95%. There are estimated to be around 3,900 tigers left in the wild. (wwf.org.uk)
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- There are more tigers in captivity in the US than are left in the wild. (wwf.org.uk)
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- The vocal repertoire of tigers is vast - they grunt, growl, roar, moan, snarl, chuff, hiss and gasp. It's thought that each vocalisation is used to communicate different things. (wwf.org.uk)
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- It's been said that tiger urine smells like buttered popcorn. (wwf.org.uk)
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- Habitat loss, human conflict, and climate change have been attributed to a severe decrease in tigers’ natural habitat range, and therefore the decrease in number of Tigers. (thehomeschoolscientist.com)
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- Poaching is a huge problem and massively contributes to the low numbers of the species.
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