Tigger
This is a 16×20 pastel portrait of Tigger, one of the residents of Noah’s Lost Ark Animal Sanctuary. Original is unavailable.
His history is not pleasant.. he was kept in a small concrete enclosure for 9 years. After coming to the sanctuary he would lunge at the fence whenever a man would come near. He would also respond that way if the man happened to be holding anything in his hands. He really did not know what grass or kindness was until his arrival at NLA.
Regretably he died in 2004 from what they believe was a stroke. At least his last couple of years were a definite improvement over all those that came before.
I truly hope that another message comes through.. that these animals DO NOT MAKE GOOD PETS.. that’s why places like Noah’s are in existence. If people would just think before they buy that cute LITTLE cub.. life would be easier on all of us especially the animals. After all.. they didn’t ask to be in the situation they are.. and there are far to many unscrupulous people out there that are in it for the money..
At least with education, we might make a little difference.. even if we save just one animal.. it’s a beginning!!
All proceeds from any sales will be donated to Noah’s Lost Ark Sanctuary for the care and feeding of the animals.
Tigger belongs to the following groups:
# 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE , ! 100% !, All Animals Great And Small., Animal Portraits, Art 4 Charity, Art for Conservation, Big Cats, Contemporary Pastel Painters, Exotic Mammals, Fine Arts, For the Love of Cats , 1 image a day , Realist Traditional Art, Tiger, Tiger and Zoophoria (2 per day, approval required) Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints
pat oubridge
Straight to my favourites Barb, and I have looked at the sites you recommended. The lives that these majestic creatures had to suffer doesn’t bear thinking about. Thank God for these wonderful organisations.
Jon C
and to mine, stunning detail!!
whitetiger790
LOVE IT!!
StacyLee
Very nice work! I’m sorry to hear about such a sad history of a such a beautiful animal. You can see the sadness in his eyes.
dawndavies
love this well done
Mariaan Krog A...
Excellent artwork and such a sad, sad story! Wonderful that your sales’ proceeds will go for a good cause! I’m also adding it to MY favourites, because of the beautiful artwork & the reminder to us all to be kind to animals!
Marion Cullen
An outstanding art work..you really do justice to these amazing big cats.
Darlene Marrya...
Wow! I can’t believe how gorgeous this is!! This is just amazing work!
timbrewolf
Beautiful! :)
Brian Towers
Pastel work at its best B.
Denise Martin
Barb – he looks so sad! But beautiful nevertheless. What would these animals do if there were not unselfish people to set up sanctuaries for them. They do such a wonderful job.
Denise
LocoCow
Awesome
Barbara Sparhawk
So very beautiful, dear Tigger. You bring animals you paint and draw a fine dignity, equal to their stature. I see the bars in his eyes, the suspicion in his muzzle. He may not have fully understood the gentle freedom of his last years, but he had them, out of danger and away from cruelty. It’s a lovely portrait indeed.
Teleis
beautiful work
Shane Huckaby
WOW! Fantastic!
LostBoy1
I thought this was a photo till i clicked on it…incredible!!
PammyG
OMG, what a sad story!!! Things like that get me FIGHTING MAD!! Thank goodness he was rescued and had a few good years! What a wonderful tribute you’ve done to him here!!
dimarie
Stunning!
Such a beautiful creature and you have captured that beauty perfectly!
Aari
Unbelievably stunning portrait!
So sad for such a beauty
Patricia Anne ...
brakes my haert, but I am glad he knew something better before he went. He’s was a beauty.
Alex Tebb
That’s a beautiful crop. I can’t believe how cruel people can be. It breaks my heart.
All of your big cat pics are wonderful. I’m drawing a lioness now so I know the work that you put into them. Oh the fur!
BarbBarcikKeith replied
Ahhhh.. the fur.. but that’s part of the fun – doncha think??
Alex Tebb
I like fur much more than scales, that’s for sure. Fur’s more fun because you can get scribbly! All of yours looks really really good!
Rayven
gorgeous work, sad story
BluAlien
This is amazing!
Valerie Simms
Stunning!
Heidi Garner
Man has got to be the most varied (in character) creature on the planet. From the ones that can inflict such cruelty to the ones that can portray and understand such beauty (you and all of us here!) I thank God that I am in the latter group, I pity the others and I cry for the creatures at their mercy. Barb, thank you for your beautiful work :)
John R.P. Nyaid
this is so beautiful…amazing eyes!
Rayven
Is this one recent? Love it.
BarbBarcikKeith replied
does 2004 qualify?
Carmen Mandel-...
It breaks my heart to read stories like Tigger’s, what Mankind do to innocent creatures. At least he enjoyed a better life in his last years in teh wonderful sanctuary you support. This is a beautiful tribute to a soul that suffered when it ought have been free and wild.
Thank you for adding this emotive story along a most loving rendition of Tigger’s and your pledge to Art for Conservation.
frozenfa
oh my.. it’s beautiful.. love every stroke of it.. the eyes and the fur..
his story is so sad.. am glad he’d found a better place in NLA, and now probably in cat heaven.. =)
Al Bourassa
Unbelievably beautiful!
Angel Ortiz
que bonito gatito. thanks Barb.
MaKayla Songer
This is another amazing work. His eyes are just so beautiful… At least he found a happier place in his later years. A lot of animals don’t get the chance.
Mark Peterson
Very very nice Barbara! as always great work!
BrandonMcCourt
Wow just perfect
Michelle Wrighton
Beautiful work! I am glad that he had a few good years in the right kind of home.
AnitaInverarity
LOVE IT !!!!!!!
DarkStars
Gorgeous beyond words, my dear friend bought this as a birthday card for me, it has pride of place on my little mantlepiece :)
BarbBarcikKeith replied
Wow.. how cool..
P.C.Cotes- Gename
Beautiful job, you have captured his soul as well as his likeness. I am so glad he got to live his last few years in a good place.
Margaret Harris
Wow !! Love it