Description
Animal Art: These Grevy Zebras are very special because of their small striping pattern. Each Grevy Zebra stripes are different for every animal, much like our fingerprints. The other species of Zebras have much wider stripes. This species was given as a gift to Jules Grevy, the President of the Third Republic Regime of France in 1882. Hence the beautiful species the Grevy Zebra.
After six hours of studying these incredible creatures, this moment happened. Using pastels to create the stripes of this animal art painting was a time consuming and intense process that took over five months. Many layers of pastel had to be applied to finally get the crisp lines of the stripes. The pastel pigments had to be built up from medium to dark so that the end color had the underlying layers of color that gave a rich natural look to the finished zebra animal painting.
The main reason I wanted to paint these magnificent animals was because they are an endangered species. The Grevy Zebras are nearly 7 feet tall with males weighing 770 to 990 pounds. Every Zebra has their own set of identifying stripes that are individual to each animal and the babies are born a lighter brown color and turn dark when they are about a year old. Their general characteristics are: big heads, long necks, large rounded ears, no markings on their bellies, smaller more delicate striped pattern then any of the other Zebras and a stripe that extends from their head main all the way down to their tails.
Artists now have the opportunity to expand and to create special art using the technology for the digital process and together combining traditional painting methods you can create new originals in different sizes with different looks. Here I have hand-painted this digital animal art with layers of pastels to enhance the stripping and depth with added color. There are three in this collection and all were created separately using slightly different colors and different frames so each would be a one of a kind work of art. I have two beautiful pieces in stock.
Framed Art: Hand Painted Multi-Media Art, Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Inks on Heavy Paper, Digital, Framed, Subject: Grevy Zebras, Wildlife, Endanger Species, Style: Realism, Wildlife, Wildlife Painting, Contemporary, Animal Art, Fine Art, Materials: Pastel, Acrylic paint, Heavy Acid Free Paper, Linen liner, Spacers, Wooden Iridescent Frame, Outer Silver Frame, Tru View Plexi-Glass with UV protection.
34 1/2″ X 26 1/2″, 13.5lbs.
Made in the USA by Artist, L.A. CLINE