Title: 'Tiger'
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.
Dimensions: Width 61cm, Height 91.5cm, Depth 4cm
The painting does not come with a frame.
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas.
Delivery: The artwork will be securely packaged and sent with a tracked and signed for service.
Commissions: Please visit the commissions page and view the process of commissioning your own piece.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Here is some information on Tigers:
- 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)
- There are more tigers in captivity in the US than are left in the wild. (wwf.org.uk)
- 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)
- It's been said that tiger urine smells like buttered popcorn. (wwf.org.uk)
- 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)
- Poaching is a huge problem and massively contributes to the low numbers of the species.
