I was really thinking last night about why I am so drawn to these tigers, and I think it is related to my fears of death. Several years ago the man I was dating was in a terrible accident and was in a coma for two weeks and then in recovery from a severe traumatic brain injury for the next year and a half, and I pulled a lot of my fears inside because I was helping him recover and he was alive so I should be grateful and not fearful right? But I think the post traumatic stress from that incident is still with me today. Back then I was having dreams of big black bears, and I painted them and painted them and it helped tremendously.
What I think I am experiencing now is a physical manifestation of some of my fears in the body of this tiger. I am working through some of my anxiety about mortality by painting a creature that could kill and eat me. It makes sense to me...
This one is bigger, and I love the darks coming through. I think that's what is missing in yesterday's tiger...
16x20 acrylic on canvas, click
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