Paintings of Wildlife & Nature by Rebecca Latham
Paintings by international wildlife artist Rebecca Latham. Featuring North American animals, birds, & nature in watercolor painted in miniature.
Snow Leopard, watercolor on ivorine, ©Rebecca Latham I went to a lecture recently themed around conservation. After the session, one young woman asked the speaker “but why do you bother saving this species?” If they are so threatened, if it will cost large sums of time, effort, and currency, why […] Read more »
Commissioned Black Leopard in progress, sepia watercolor on board, ~5″x7″, ©Rebecca Latham Commissioned Black Leopard, watercolor on board, ~5″x7″, ©Rebecca Latham I just put the finishing touches on this little commission of a black leopard. These leopards always fascinate me by their mysterious look. Their stunning rich coats so […] Read more »
Black Leopard – Work in Progress, ~5″×7″, sepia watercolor on board, ©Rebecca Latham I was recently asked to create a painting of a black leopard after displaying a cougar piece in an exhibition. So, after some delay with other deadlines that always seem to get in the way, I now […] Read more »
This is a small snow leopard painting that I recently finished – watercolor on ivorine. The head of the cat is just about 2 inches height/width. Being one of the smaller miniatures, it didn’t spend a lot of extra time on my easel, just a few days – one […] Read more »
This is a recent painting of a leopard on Ivorine. This miniature is very small (shown much larger than actual size). The original painting is sold. I was able to get up close to this cat to study him. He is a part of a sanctuary for big cats that […] Read more »
This is the completed painting of the black leopard, titled "Intimidation – Black Leopard" (5" x 7"). My object for this painting was to capture the intense gaze and the action expressed in in the cat’s position – a feeling that he may lunge at any moment. As mentioned […] Read more »
This is the progress of the black leopard watercolor painting that I have been working on (see an earlier post here). It is beginning to have the feeling of mood and atmosphere that I am striving for in this painting. I will be refining it further (which, I suppose, is […] Read more »
This is the beginnings of the black leopard miniature painting with the initial rendering of the fur. (The sketch post can be seen here.) There is much more to do on the piece of course, but the feel of the fur texture is in place. I am eager to begin […] Read more »
This is the beginnings of a drawing for another miniature watercolor piece I have in the works. I was requested to paint a more aggressive pose of a black leopard as a smaller miniature, so this is a 5×7 of a leopard ready for an attack. The subject of the […] Read more »
This is a sketch for a painting of a leopard. I hope to have a painting of it completed relatively soon for an upcoming exhibition. Read more »