Sitting Leopard
by Stephanie Grant
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16.000 x 20.000 x 0.750 inches
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Title
Sitting Leopard
Artist
Stephanie Grant
Medium
Painting - Mixed Media
Description
Sitting Leopard is a mixed media work , acrylics, ink, and parchment on canvas.
The leopard /ˈlɛpərd/ (Panthera pardus) is one of the five "big cats" in the genus Panthera. It is a member of the Felidae family with a wide range in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, West Asia, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia to Siberia.
Compared to other members of the Felidae, the leopard has relatively short legs and a long body with a large skull. It is similar in appearance to the jaguar, but is smaller and more slightly built. Its fur is marked with rosettes similar to those of the jaguar, but the leopard's rosettes are smaller and more densely packed, and do not usually have central spots as the jaguars do. Both leopards and jaguars that are melanistic are known as black panthers.
The species' success in the wild is in part due to its opportunistic hunting behavior, its adaptability to habitats, its ability to run at speeds approaching 58 kilometres per hour (36 mph), its unequaled ability to climb trees even when carrying a heavy carcass,[2] and its notorious ability for stealth. The leopard consumes virtually any animal that it can hunt down and catch. Its habitat ranges from rainforest to desert terrains.
It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List because it is declining in large parts of its range due to habitat loss and fragmentation, and hunting for trade and pest control. It is regionally extinct in Hong Kong, Singapore , Kuwait, Syria, Libya and Tunisia
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November 6th, 2015
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Comments (59)
Barbara Keith
Congratulations! Your wonderful work is featured on the homepage of the Big Cats Fine Art Only group.
Madalena Lobao-Tello
CONGRATULATIONS!!. Women Painters has featured your artwork. Great work. Love the colours and composition !! Will be shared on Women Painters on Facebook
VIVA Anderson
This is so beautiful, Stephanie. I also love your bio and joie de vivre..........compliments,follow,fv................VIVA