To see a leopard up close in the wild is always incredibly exciting; there is an explosive energy about them, so that even when they are relaxed you feel as though something dramatic could happen at any moment. I used to live in the Matobo Hills in Matabeleland, southern Zimbabwe; it’s an area of spectacular granite outcrops and is supposedly home to a very high concentration of leopards, although I only saw them on a few occasions. But sometimes in the morning I would find pug marks in the sand on the pathway close to my house and at night, I would hear that deep, rasping ‘sawing wood’ call of a leopard not far away. I could imagine a big male leopard standing on the tumbled rocks behind my studio, busy with the patrol of his domain, calling into the darkness and daring anyone to contest his nighttime supremacy.

Size: 900mm x 600mm

The print is delivered rolled into a tube, ready for framing. Free worldwide courier delivery.