Amur tiger by Mike Donnelly

Oil on canvas 
The Amur tigers are so rare, as there are only a couple hundred in the the Amur region of Siberia & China.
Mike Donnelly wasbornwithaninnate loveofnaturalhistoryandfromaveryearlyagecollectedcreaturestostudyandsketch.
AftergraduatingfromLiverpoolArtCollegein1979he becamea professionalbookillustratorandgalleryartist.Mikewentonto illustratedozensof booksandmagazinesonnaturalhistoryfor publishersDorlingKindersley,MitchelBeazley,Orbisand Hendersonsetc.
HehasheldnumerousExhibitionsofwildlife&Orientalist(arab)artworldwidebothpersonallyandthrough “TheMathafGallery” London,whohavedealtwithhis internationalsalesforthelast25 years.
Successfulexhibitionsinthe UK,SaudiArabia,Qatar,Oman,Abu Dhabi,Bahrain,SpainandDubai,haveledtomanyregularclients andcelebritycollectorsofhis work.
Mikeis aSignature Member oftheinternational organisation“Artists forConservation”andanawardwinninginternational artist based in NorthWales