The Powerful Jaguar
by Amy E Fraser
Title
The Powerful Jaguar
Artist
Amy E Fraser
Medium
Painting - Oil Pastel On Paper
Description
The Powerful Jaguar by Amy E. Fraser. This is an expressive big wild cat portrait in shades of black, white and gold with penetrating golden eyes complimented with a cornflower blue textural background.
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas. With a body length of up to 6 feet and a weight of up to 350 pounds, it is the largest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world. The distinctively marked coat features pale yellow to tan colored fur covered by spots that transition to rosettes on the sides, although a melanistic black coat appears in some individuals. The jaguar's powerful bite allows it to pierce the carapaces of turtles and tortoises, and to employ an unusual killing method: it bites directly through the skull of mammalian prey between the ears to deliver a fatal blow to the brain. The modern jaguar's ancestors probably entered the Americas from Eurasia during the Early Pleistocene via the land bridge that once spanned the Bering Strait. Today, the jaguar's range extends from core Southwestern United States across Mexico and much of Central America, the Amazon rainforest and south to Paraguay and northern Argentina. It inhabits a variety of forested and open terrains, but its preferred habitat is tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest, wetlands and wooded regions. It is adept at swimming and is largely a solitary, opportunistic, stalk-and-ambush apex predator. As a keystone species, it plays an important role in stabilizing ecosystems and in regulating prey populations. The jaguar has great cultural significance and is featured prominently in the mythology of indigenous peoples of the Americas, including those of the Aztec and Maya civilizations. The jaguar is a symbol of power and strength. For some, the jaguar was believed to facilitate communication between the living and the dead and to protect the royal household.
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 Powerful Jaguar 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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