Metro 22.5 x 25/27 Tiger Watercolor
I was at the Miami Metro Zoo in Florida, observing some majestic tigers on a grassy knoll. They were sitting about 100 yards away from a moat behind the fence. There I was with my not so high resolution digital camera when a particularly interesting tiger got up and strolled towards me, staring casually but intently. She then began passing by me, walking leisurely along the moat next to the path I was on. I quickly caught a shot of her as she passed me. For a moment, she was extremely close to me. I felt like she walked over just to say hello. When I painted my tiger series for a big cat fundraiser that I held, I wanted to visually convey her whole body as I had observed her. I chose to do it on two separate pieces of paper, making this diptych. I had so much fun painting her in this format; stay tuned for more like this….