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Don’t Mess With Mamma


Tiger - Oil Pastel on handmade paper
10 1/2 x 13
Copyright by Mona Majorowicz

Don’t Mess With Mamma is the tentative title for this painting. All of my handmade paper pieces before had been descriptively titled like Blue Rhino, White Wolf and Purple Buffalo. However I think in this instance a real title is in order.

I love this tiger and I’ve painted her several times, just reincarnating her into different species (or is it sub-species?) of tiger. She has a great intensity about her that I find appealing. She is an Indo Chinese tiger that I photographed at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha a few years back.

At the time she had two cubs that pestered her mercilessly. Whenever she would try to nap, her playful cubs would take advantage of her being unawares and would fly at her full tilt, practicing the fine art of attacking prey. So this very aggressive attitude is really just mom trying to get her kids to behave.

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4 Responses to “Don’t Mess With Mamma”

  1. Undaunted Says:

    She is absolutely beautiful. I don’t know why, but there’s something about big cats that I really like. I love all of your big cat paintings. (The ones I have seen anyway)

  2. MonaMajorowicz Says:

    Thanks Undaunted. There is something about the scanning process that seems to exagerate the marks so things look a little rough. I’m not sure if it is just picking up on the dimensional aspect. The oil pastel has so much texture that the scanner is picking up the slight shadowing that occurs with each stroke. (Kinda annoying)

    I think I am pleased with her. (I do like the face) It is hard for me to judge right after I am done. :)

  3. Undaunted Says:

    I know what you mean. I sometimes need a break from something before I go back and decide if I like it or not.

    I find that when I photograph pieces it rarely looks just like the actual piece - it either looks better (which is good :) ) or it looks worse. I think your pieces look great, so if you’re not happy with the scan I know they must look amazing in the flesh!

  4. MonaMajorowicz Says:

    I don’t think I had as much trouble with using the raw scans on my water soluble pencil pieces as I do with the OP’s. I think I like her well enough but in the end it is the public who decides. Not sure if that is how it should be, but it is how it is. :)

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