As with all my paintings, the first stage is to draw the subjects without any fine detail and then to add a fine acrylic wash. The next stage was to decide what type of background to choose: would it be a simple, blurred background or a detailed background? For stage three, I decided to go for a savannah-type landscape while concentrating on the detailed wrinkles of the elephant’s skin. The final stage was to complete the details in the background and lighten the sky. African

Gorillas are our closest living relatives after chimpanzees. The Mountain Gorilla is a subspecies of the eastern gorilla. It has longer...

Pumas are secretive cats that inhabit the mountains from South America to Canada. They are the fourth largest cat in the world, after the...

The Clouded Leopard is an elusive and mysterious species of wild cat; they are rarely seen in the wild and not very much is known about...

Due to the fine detail and individual scales on the two Rhino’s this painting took around 4 months to complete. Stage one differs from...

This painting has been a technical challenge and the most detailed painting to date. Using the same technique of a pencil drawing and...

This painting has been created with a natural rainforest background. After the initial sketch I Started by painting the jaguars spots and...

A basic sketch again and blocking in the majority of the Leopard spots. Using an airbrush and a varied size circular stencil, I created...

This was one of my most time-consuming paintings because of the amount of fur and mane detail required. Like all of my paintings, they...

I wanted to paint a detailed portrait of an old male African Lion showing the scars from a life of remaining the head of the pride. The...

I wanted to create an early light atmosphere for this painting to bring out the colors of the Lynx. Starting with a brief drawing and...

One of my favourite paintings started with a basic drawing and blacking in the main stripes. The single colour of pale olive green for...

After a simple outline drawing, I used my airbrush and a varied size circular stencil to create this blurred background. This time the...

Using the basic same technique, a simple correct anatomy feature sketch is made from a reference photograph, in this painting I...

The first painting in my collection of endangered cats is a handsome male Amur Tiger, I started with a simple pencil line drawing not...