A leopard mother protecting her cub, the leopard being a symbol of courage, power and strength, she is brave and self-reliant, so naturally she is a protector. Her cub represents innocents and an eagerness to learn, with his playful gesture wrapped around the knowledgeable tortoise who is a symbol of patients and virtue, his journey through life is slow and taken at a deliberate pace to continue learning and sharing knowledge a reminder that many of us need in life to sometimes slow down. Each creature in this painting holds significant meaning from re-birth to guidance and life’s cycle.
The halos/crowns adorning leopard mother and child’s heads are a slight nod to the Christian renaissance often used as a symbol to portray the perfect. Love between mother and child. The mother and child has been a popular symbol used in art throughout history to represent fertility, humanity, redemption, love, nurture and duty. There is no greater protector than a mother of her child.
Acrylic on canvas completed with a few rhinestones
