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No explosion of speed in open terrain \u2014 but patience, precision, a capacity to blend into the setting until the last instant. This painting was commissioned by a collector with a precise vision: to capture that before \u2014 the silent approach, the decision already made.<\/p>\n<p>For the composition, I chose pure frontality. The leopard occupies the entire frame, at ground level, advancing straight towards the viewer. This symmetry is not an aesthetic effect \u2014 it serves a sensation: being face to face with it, without escape. The vertical format amplifies its stature, its physical presence in space.<\/p>\n<p>The palette holds in few colours: the warm ochre of the dry bushveld grass, the white and black of the rosettes, the gold of the eyes. Oil paint, worked in the hyperrealist tradition, seeks here to render every hair, every spot, every reflection \u2014 and to make the viewer not a spectator, but prey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Original Painting Sold<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong><em><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Limited Edition Giclee available<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul class=\"list-square dotted\">\n<li>&#8211; Limited edition numbered from 1 to 25 hand signed by the Artist<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Canvas\u00a0350 g\/m\u00b2 Mat<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; <strong>Digigraphie\u00ae certified printing Giclee<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Option : floater frame<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Print is numbered and signed with a certificate of authenticity. 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