A close-up wildlife scratchboard illustration of a cheetah, highlighting the fine etched textures of its fur and spots, framed by a jagged hand-painted black border.

"The Hunter"

Size: 30 x 42 cm
Medium: Sgraffito on mixed media
Date: 2026

Original Sold

The cheetah’s most prominent legends explain its distinct “tear tracks,” while other stories reflect its ancient prestige as a royal hunting companion.

Today less than 7000 cheetahs remain in the wild. The largest population of free-roaming cheetahs can be found in Namibia, with local and international conservationists working to secure the future of the species.

This cheetah portrait was created using a technique similar to scratchboard, where the black area is scraped away with sharp tools to reveal the white of the paper beneath.