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Sixth painting in a series!

The concept I was going with was to use only endangered species as subjects, all of them drowning or underwater. The drowning represents their helpless plight as endangered species, and also alludes to global warming (the melting of the ice caps and the flooding of the world). The title is a reference to the Noah's Ark/Flood/Deluge myth that is a constant in many religions and cultures. In that story, God destroyed all the earth and the animals because of mankind's wickedness. Now animals are again dying due to mankind's sins--but this time it is our own fault, not God's. In Noah's ark, it was emphasized that at least a pair of every animal should be saved from God's wrath--and yet humans are causing complete extinction of species. Depressing.

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Tigers are probably the most well-known endangered animals so they seemed like an important one to include. I decided not to make this one look quite as helpless as some of the others, but it's still nonetheless trapped in a ocean from which it might not emerge...
It's a HUGE painting which gave me lots of trouble (about 6 feet tall). I'm getting more used to oils but I must say that the painting fumes really do suck--I had so many headaches even though i used odorless gamsol instead of turpentine and had the window open! Glad I got to paint with warmer colors though .

Detail of the face so you can see more the size I was working at (kinda): [link]

Reference from photos I took at the Houston zoo as well as googled pictures/videos of swimming tigers
Oils on 6ft tall canvas
© ~kalicothekat

Deluge I: [link]
Deluge II: [link]
Deluge III: [link]
Deluge IV wip: [link]
Deluge V: [link]

Description
Sixth painting in a series!

The concept I was going with was to use only endangered species as subjects, all of them drowning or underwater. The drowning represents their helpless plight as endangered species, and also alludes to global warming (the melting of the ice caps and the flooding of the world). The title is a reference to the Noah's Ark/Flood/Deluge myth that is a constant in many religions and cultures. In that story, God destroyed all the earth and the animals because of mankind's wickedness. Now animals are again dying due to mankind's sins--but this time it is our own fault, not God's. In Noah's ark, it was emphasized that at least a pair of every animal should be saved from God's wrath--and yet humans are causing complete extinction of species. Depressing.

----

Tigers are probably the most well-known endangered animals so they seemed like an important one to include. I decided not to make this one look quite as helpless as some of the others, but it's still nonetheless trapped in a ocean from which it might not emerge...
It's a HUGE painting which gave me lots of trouble (about 6 feet tall). I'm getting more used to oils but I must say that the painting fumes really do suck--I had so many headaches even though i used odorless gamsol instead of turpentine and had the window open! Glad I got to paint with warmer colors though .

Detail of the face so you can see more the size I was working at (kinda): [link]

Reference from photos I took at the Houston zoo as well as googled pictures/videos of swimming tigers
Oils on 6ft tall canvas
© ~kalicothekat

Deluge I: [link]
Deluge II: [link]
Deluge III: [link]
Deluge IV wip: [link]
Deluge V: [link]