These young cheetahs, grooming each other, after the kill.
We were extremely fortunate to see a mother cheetah and her two young kill a small animal. From the time the animal was taken down, until the last hyena ran off with the remains took one hour. This small animal had fed the cheetahs, two jackels, four eagles, many vultures , and two hyenas.
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You really captured the moment in this pastel. I like the ears back on the cheetah on the left. It looks like he/she is pulling back while licking the other one's face. If I could make one suggestion for your pastels, is to resist the impulse to capture every single hair or eye lash. Get to a place where you can recognize the subject matter and then stop there. I feel that your art is closer to expressionism than to realism. You don't have to go as far as Bateman does with his realistic interpretations of the subject matter. The pastel was never intended to be used to capture details like hair, etc. When you viewed this particular event in Africa I bet you never saw any detail at all. You focused on the larger picture and the event ... that is what I think you should be attempting to capture with your style. Sometimes less is more, especially when you are trying to capture the 'essence' of the subject matter. Capturing details is better left to the photographer and super realist painters like Bateman.
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ReplyDeleteThe ears back was very difficult to get right. So was the neck of the the cheetah being licked.
ReplyDeleteI think if I had enough room on the paper, like on the lion then I don't get into the details as much. This was just heads, and because there was no body I felt details had to be given. Actually I would love to frame this picture, but I would want to put a three inch matt on this picture to add to the strength of the topic. I would never be able to transport this back home.
Perhaps that is the downside to working on my art in Mexico and not driving down!
You really captured the relationship between these two. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteWe are so impressed with your art work Barbara. I think you have done your best work from PV and we are so lucky to have seen where you work from.
ReplyDeleteOkay where is your name! I can think it is one of three people with this kind of comment. Yes I love working here, but as dear spouse says 'what are you going to do with all this?' Next year maybe I will have my own opening?
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