Tiger Portrait — Giclée on Paper Cat the cattail roots

the cattail roots

A young cheetah in tall grass at dusk

the two flowers at different heights

This is botanical illustration at its most precise and most personally invested

the way they hold their bodies when uncertain

Tiger Portrait — Giclée on Paper Cat the cattail rootsA tiger in close portrait the face filling most of the canvas, rendered in coloured pencil on a warm toned ground. This 1984 study is one of Glen's finest big cat portraits: the tiger's facial anatomy the asymmetric stripe pattern, the pale inner face, the amber eyes, the whisker arrangement rendered with complete precision, the toned paper ground giving the whole image the warmth of natural light. The result is a portrait of absolute presence. Glen's