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FIRST LIGHT
by Simon Combes
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“Cheetahs are enigmatic and perhaps the most
intriguing of all the big cats to me,” says artist Simon Combes of the
subject of First Light. “My encounters with cheetahs have been like
meeting a person who has poise, elegance, class, fleeting moments of
warmth and yet tantalizingly aloof. The challenge of painting cheetahs
is two-fold: firstly, the chest is so pronounced in comparison to the
head that in certain positions the animal can look positively
grotesque. Secondly, I am often stumped at portraying the cat’s mood …
what is it thinking behind that mask of haughty distain? So serious, so
intent, so reserved, does this animal ever relax and have fun?
This painting was as much an indulgence in design as it was an
attempt to capture that magical, early-morning, golden mistiness
surrounding the surreal silhouettes of distant arcadia trees. I loved
the elegant, s-shaped line from the cheetah’s nose to the tip of its
tail.”
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