"Kito", a close-up, original and realistic styled oil painting of a cheetah at The Houston Zoo, Houston,Texas. Prices are listed on my main art work page.
I enjoy photographing the animals while traveling and visiting many of our great zoos. When able, I really enjoy talking to the zoo keepers and curators. I try to paint each animal's personality, as they all unique. This cheetah seemed very content, having a large and very clean enclosure. He, and other cheetahs at The Houston Zoo, are periodically taken to a local racetrack where they are allowed, with totally safe supervision, to run free for a while. By allowing them special time to run, their muscles are kept toned, their bodies healthier, and their minds as active as possible, yet remain in a safe environment. Sadly, the worst enemy of a cheetah is man. So many of our beautiful big cats are no longer living in a wild environment, free to roam as they were generations before. Zoos, and their trained keepers, along with other licensed and trained wildlife centers seem to be the future of these great creatures, until we humans decide to severely punish those whose intent is bent on destroying our planet the way God planned it to be.
But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. James 1:25
Blessings,
Sandra Cutrer Fine Art
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