Polish Gray Wolf
by Amy E Fraser
Title
Polish Gray Wolf
Artist
Amy E Fraser
Medium
Painting - Oil Pastel On Paper
Description
The Polish Gray Wolf by Amy E. Fraser. This is an expressive gray wolf portrait in shades of black, white, brown, gold and gray with intelligent golden eyes complimented with a garnet red textural background.
The Polish Gray Wolf or Wilk (Canis lupus lupus). Wolves have been protected in Poland since 1998. There are now an estimated 1,500 wolves in Poland. The number has doubled in the past 15 years. Wolves are (along with the brown bear, the lynx and the wolverine) Europe’s last large predator carnivores. In Poland they have a massive overpopulation of wild boar (about 200,000) and they are ravaging the farmers cereal crops, as a result the protection and re-population of wolves is part of a positive natural solution. The Polish wolf is a Eurasian Wolf (Canis lupus lupus), also known as the common wolf, is a subspecies of gray wolf native to Europe and the Russian steppe and forests. It was once widespread throughout Eurasia prior to the Middle Ages. Aside from an extensive paleontological record, Indo-European languages typically have several words for "wolf", thus attesting to the animal's abundance and cultural significance. It is the largest of the Old World gray wolves, averaging 86 pounds in Europe; however, exceptionally large individuals have weighed up to 174 pounds. The Eurasian wolf’s fur is relatively short and coarse, and is generally of a tawny color, with white on the throat that extends to the cheeks. Melanists, albinos, and erythrists are rare, and mostly the result of wolf-dog hybridization. The howl of the Eurasian wolf is much more protracted and melodious than that of North American gray wolf subspecies, whose howls are louder and have a stronger emphasis on the first syllable. The two are, however, mutually intelligible, as North American wolves have been recorded to respond to European-style howls made by biologists. In mythology, the majority of pre-Christian wolf-related traditions in Eurasia were rooted in Hittite mythology, with wolves featuring prominently in Indo-European cultures, sometimes as deity figures. The wolf was held in high esteem by the Dacians, whose name was derived from the Gaulish Daoi, meaning "wolf people". The wolf was viewed as the lord of all animals, and as the only effective power against evil. The ancient Greeks associated wolves with their own sun god Apollo.
Amy E. Fraser’s Oil Pastel Animal Portrait series is an impassioned tribute to the beauty and magic of our beloved Animal Kingdom. Fun, gestural and energetic, these vibrant animals are painted in a stylized realism that is imbued with distinctive character and personality.
The Polish Gray Wolf by Amy E. Fraser. Animal Portrait Paintings created from the artist’s intense connection to and love for all creatures great and small. Oil Pastel on archival paper. All images copyright Amy E. Fraser. All rights reserved.
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