“A Lion Called Christian”, Oils on Canvas, 24x40in
reference for this painting was with kind permission from photographer Derek Cattani

New Zealander, Karen Neal, has always had a love of art, animals and wildlife, nature and travel.
Karen is a self-taught artist, her passion painting mostly animals (wildlife & pet portraits), but also portraits and landscapes.
She works in oils, scratchboard, pastel & graphite. She is committed to supporting animal and conservation causes through her art.

Having always loved the story of Christian and following George & Joy Adamson’s life, and latter Tony Fitzjohn… Karen was drawn to painting this beautiful lion with an incredible story told by Australians John Rendall & Ace Bourke. Christian lives on in the legacy he has left behind, symbolising human/animal relationships and also the urgency of animal conservation.

Karen’s painting of ‘Christian the Lion’ was 100% donated to the George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust.
50 Limited Edition Giclee Prints are also available, with 10% of proceeds donated to GAWPT.

Christian is 10 months old here, weighing in at 160lbs and is beginning to grow his mane.

Karen accepted ‘private bids’ for the painting of Christian, in a ‘silent auction’ until 14th November 2012, by emailing karen@wild-impressions.co.nz

This was in conjunction with her solo exhibition at the Marlborough Yealands Gallery, High Street, Blenheim, NZ.