Red Panda Gaze

The Red Panda Gaze by Amy E. Fraser. This is an expressive red panda portrait in shades of black, white, red, orange and purple with intelligent... more

by Amy E Fraser

Title

Red Panda Gaze

Artist

Amy E Fraser

Medium

Painting - Oil Pastel On Paper

Description

The Red Panda Gaze by Amy E. Fraser. This is an expressive red panda portrait in shades of black, white, red, orange and purple with intelligent brown eyes complimented with a turquoise blue background.

The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It has dense reddish-brown fur with a black belly and legs, white-lined ears, a mostly white muzzle and a ringed tail. Its head-to-body length is 20 to 25 inches with an 11 to 19 inch long tail, and it weighs between 7 and 33 pounds. It is well adapted to climbing due to its flexible joints and curved semi-retractile claws. Modern genetic evidence places the red panda in close affinity with raccoons, weasels and skunks. It is not closely related to the giant panda, which is a bear, though both possess elongated wrist bones or "false thumbs" used for grasping bamboo. The evolutionary lineage of the red panda (Ailuridae) stretches back around 25 to 18 million years ago, as indicated by extinct fossil relatives found in Eurasia and North America. The red panda inhabits coniferous forests as well as temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, favoring steep slopes with dense bamboo cover close to water sources. It is solitary and largely arboreal. It feeds mainly on bamboo shoots and leaves, but also on fruits and blossoms.

Amy E. Fraser’s Oil Pastel Animal Portrait series is an impassioned tribute to the beauty and magic of our beloved Animal Kingdom. Fun, gestural and energetic, these vibrant animals are painted in a stylized realism that is imbued with distinctive character and personality.

The Red Panda Gaze by Amy E. Fraser. Animal Portrait Paintings created from the artist’s intense connection to and love for all creatures great and small. Oil Pastel on archival paper. All images copyright Amy E. Fraser. All rights reserved.

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May 11th, 2022