"Leopard and Cub" - Oil Painting
Oil painting of a leopard and her cub. Photographic reference by kind permission of famous wildlife photographers Michel and Christine Denis-Huot.
This is my favourite painting depicting what is rumoured to be Halftail and Zawadi (Shadow) of Big Cat Diary fame but I cannot confirm whether this is true.
Sadly, both Halftail and Shadow were killed and it still breaks my heart to think that these beautiful and precious animals are no longer with us.
The painting is 20×30 inches and took me more than three months to complete.
A substantial percentage of any sale of a wildlife painting will be donated to conservation and animal protection.
"Leopard and Cub" - Oil Painting belongs to the following groups:
! 100% !, "Real" Life Artwork (No Photography), AFRICAN ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY, All Around the Styles, Animal Kingdom, Big Cats, Decorative and Traditional Art, Endangered Species, Exotic Mammals, Farms and Countryside, FAUNA, FLORA, LANDSCAPES AND ARCHITECTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA, Fine Arts, For the Love of Cats , 1 image a day , Nature's Wonders, Oil Painting, Painted Animals! , Prize Challenges!!, Realist Traditional Art, The true beauty, Two Beings Group, Wildlife and Pet Paintings and ♫.•°°African Art At heART°°•.♫ - 3/day - NO photography/digital artworks Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters

valzart
Oh this is spectacular wonderful painting ;) Val
Linda Syms
Beautiful Painting
Avril Brand
Thank you valzart and linda! This is my favourite painting. I just need to learn how to take better photographs!
coolart
wow stunner sweet cub great painting really lovely family group x
Avril Brand
Thanks coolart! :)
Connie Danaher
Your leopard leaves me speechless!
Avril Brand
Aw! Thanks connie!
Susan van Zyl
Stunning! Stunning!
Avril Brand
Thanks so much Susan!
jdmphotography
This Oil painting is simply stunning love every thing about It brilliant work indeed ! ........... (-;
Avril Brand
Thanks jdm!
barnsis
Love the shadowed look to this one, amazing work. Very well done.
Avril Brand
Thank you, barnsis.. :-)
Dawnsky2
fabulous art work, well done :)
GEORGE SANDERSON
Fantastic work Avril
Avril Brand
Thank you Dawnsky and Eric!
Mar Silva
Geez, I think I could just go through and favorite all of your work!
Avril Brand
ROFL… hugs Mar... you are very sweet! :-)
Angi Baker
Beautiful work
Walter Colvin
Excellent, Beautuful painting. nice job.
C J Hummel - ...
Just superb, you have a great talent
Avril Brand
Thank you Angi, Walter and CJ!
Arie van der W...
It was worth the time…..you did a fantastic job!! Outstanding painting!
Avril Brand replied
Thanks Arie! I don’t even really think of the time it takes as it is one of the most enjoyable paintings to do.
Paul Scarsella
beautiful painting!!!
Avril Brand replied
Thank you, Paul :-)
Mariaan Krog A...
Absolutely stunning Avril! I followed the story intensely and was so moved by it!
Avril Brand replied
Thanks Mariaan! I would also love to paint Lakadema – what a gorgeous leopard!
Irene Burdell
Stunning work.
Avril Brand replied
Thanks Irene :-)
saleire
Stunning work!!!!!
Avril Brand replied
Thank you so much saleire!
saleire
Hang on….I missed the little cub in this one!! Awwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!! This makes it even more special Avril…...aw!!!! You know….this is so good I thought it was a photograph at first…...truly a masterpiece!
Avril Brand replied
Thanks saleire… the little cub is well protected by her mothers own camouflage and most people don’t see the little one at first.
wayatsagi
wow …. beautiful
Avril Brand replied
Thank you so much:-).. I love your butterfly portfolio!
FrancisDCG
Your painting is simply beautiful. The face, especially the eyes, of the mother leopard is so real and alive. Great work of art! Bravo!
Avril Brand replied
Thank you so much, Francis
Samantha Dean
Beautiful work!! Much luck to you on sales that will benefit conservation and protection!!
Avril Brand replied
Aw thanks, that is very sweet and I hope to be able to give back so that we can continue to share our world with these precious animals.
Susan van Zyl
Stunning! Stunning! Stunning!!!!
Avril Brand replied
Baie dankie, Susan!!!
Kuz9
Beautiful! Wonderful job with this! I love the detail of the coat and whiskers! :)
Avril Brand replied
Aww… thanks so much, Kuz!!!
dnlddean
apart from the tiger the leopard is my favourit big cat unbelievably beuatiful animals havr you ever noticed im sure you have how all cats have a majestic countanance even domestic cats and i think you have caught that beatifuly in this painting also that look of pure disdane for anyhting that isnt a cat lovely work
Avril Brand replied
Indeed they are the most beautiful of all the big cats. It breaks my heart that people actually think they can look good wearing the skins of these animals.
Have you seen the documentary “The Eyes of a Leopard”?...
dnlddean
i havnt seen that documentry unusual for me as i try and see all forms of wildlife and enviromental docu’s you know it if it wasnt so pathetic it would make me laugh mankind thinks its so civelised so above nature yet he/she is still prancing around pianting thier faces adorning themselves in animal skins and is clever that he is destroying his own home(enviroment) yes so civiliesd he is the only species that has not learned as all the animals have to live within his own envirment and be like the animals so well adapted to make the best of it no in his arogance he believes he can use and abuse the planet to his own gain thinking he can get the better of nature well im afraid nature is fighting back and man is learning how insignifigant he is every time thier is a hurricane or volcano erupts tell me then how powerful is man i have very strong feelings about the so called sanctity of man for me everything is conected all things are a part of the one i wont go on any further hope this dosnt sound like preaching i have a feeling you might share some of my concerns so feel it is okay to say these thing to you i hope you dont mind
Avril Brand replied
I agree… and no, you are not preaching. I feel exactly the same!
liliana
This is an absolutely amazing painting! You are very talented.
Avril Brand replied
Oh thank you so much. I love your paintings too!
Kathy Nairn
Wow! And what a beautiful card it makes too!

Avril Brand replied
Thank you, so much!!! How kind of you!
Avril Brand
Oh thank you! You are so sweet!
tigerwings
Very Awesome Painting…Wonderful Work!
Avril Brand replied
Thanks so much!!
WayoftheWarrior
love it
Avril Brand replied
Thank you!!! :-)
SandraRos
Woooow wooooow wowwzzers my friend this is EXCELLENT ! ! ! !
Avril Brand
LOL… wow… thanks Sandra :-D
Joyce Dickens,...
Avril, this is such a delight…....so beautiful, excellent detail … lovely Oil!
Avril Brand replied
Oh thank you Joyce!!
SHEDART
Goodness gracious me, i thought there wasn’t going to be enough room on my computer to put
my comment in, it took all of ten minuets to scroll down and you don’t get that if you haven’t done a great painting, it think it’s fantastic.
Avril Brand replied
LOL… James, you need a new mouse!! Thank you my friend!
LoreLeft27
oh what a sweet little one so cute
Avril Brand replied
Thank you so much… lots of people miss the little cub. Well, she is supposed to be well camouflaged.. :-)
PPPhotoArt
wow absolutely stunning painting Avril and so sad
Avril Brand replied
Thank you. Yes… Shadow and Halftail were legends!! If you ever get the chance, watch Eye of the Leopard!!
GittiArt
Beautiful work !!!
Avril Brand replied
Thank you so much!!
SHEDART
I have three real ones in my shed, they’re called Mickey, Minney and John Constable.
Avril Brand replied
LOL… James.. so John Constable is the mouse that does all your paintings!!! And here I thought all the time you were the one!!
drawing4art
A beautiful piece of work…...I love Big Cat Diary and remember these two quite well.
Avril Brand replied
Thank you so much!! Yes… Shadow and Halftail were legendary and probably the most famous of the Big Cats in the series!!
Robert O'Neill
Amazing detail, Avril
Avril Brand replied
Thank you Robert!!
SHEDART
I was once asked to introduce myself to others at a art class and i told them that i was
JOHN CONSTABLE but i painted under the name of Jimmy Davison it got a little bit of a laugh
Avril Brand replied
LOL… well I think you have the spirit of John Constable in your hands when you paint, James!!!
cdudak
Avril this is wonderful, I love it!
Avril Brand replied
Thank you so much!!
Mundy Hackett
Cute Avril
SecretAdmirer
Cherie Dirksen
Beautiful!
Catherine Howell
You are an amazing artist! Very beautiful work:)
Susan van Zyl
Congrats on the Feature
krafty
Beautiful work Avril and looks like a photograph until I read Oils..beautiful work Hun.
Alas,RB have failed to inform me of any work being uploaded..sorry I missed this..it’s gorgeous..Bravo Hun.x
Ming Myaskovsky
So many compliments here, I’m not surprised!! This is a “fine” piece, love the composition and textures, colors. Bravo!
mysteryfaith
this is nice and I love it that the baby cub is there too
cdcantrell
This is awesome Avirl. Hello, my name is Craig Cantrell, I paint also have a look.
SandraRos
hannibalannie
Great one Avril, & congrats on being featured !
W.C.Annie !!
Ciska
Oh wow, this is an amazing piece of art, sorry that the story has such a sad ending!!
carss66
beautiful work
judygal
This oil painting is gorgeous..You have done a fantastic job on it.
SandraRos
Avril please enter this challenge
SandraRos