"Death in the Afternoon"

150 x 200
Oil on Board
"Death in the Afternoon"





What do you think?
I find that I am becoming more and more of an illustrator and less and less an artist.
You know what I mean, unless there's a highlight in the eye, unless the proportion is technically correct etc etc.
I spent a total of ten minutes painting , in thick lush paint, thick strokes and lots of colour, painting the kill of a beast by a lion.
I wanted to express the pace, the power, the horror.
Did I suceed, or did I fail missabrably?
Should I look a little bit further under the bed, or just pull the covers down?
What do you say?
Should wildlife art be purely illustrative or should it also contain an element of artists licence?
Your Call.