Look Into My Eyes, I Am Not Your Trophy

These first five paintings are of big cats nearing extinction.
Their eyes return our gaze, asking not for sentiment, but recognition.
They claim their place on this planet by their very being.
What remains unresolved is our responsibility toward the world that sustains us all.

Commissioned Pet Portraits

The connection between people and their animals is not sentimental, but elemental.
Animals anchor us in the present.
They offer presence without condition,
companions whose loyalty persists when human structures fail.