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This Gracious Painting Looks Just Like a Photograph

Dutch artist Marcel Witte specializes in photorealistic paintings of personified animals. This video shows the making of one of his paintings, called “Gracious”, in which a lion gently carries a baby lamb with unexpected tenderness and gentleness. Like all of Marcel Witte’s paintings, he has included a human element in the scene. In Gracious, the lion expresses the human ideas of mercy and graciousness. The powerful predator, portrayed by the lion, protects the vulnerable and inexperienced lamb instead of making a meal of it.

All of Marcel Witte’s paintings are thought-provoking, but while this piece is a comment on humanity, some of his other works are designed to create humour in his viewers. Take a look at this video on mayhemandmuse.com to see Witte painting a flying fish that is being taken for a walk. You can watch more videos of Marcel Witte in action on his Youtube channel, or, if you want to buy his artwork online, you can purchase art cards through his website.

The finished painting by Marcel Witte that shows a powerful lion showing mercy to an innocent lamb

The finished painting by Marcel Witte that shows a powerful lion showing mercy to an innocent lamb. [source]

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February 18, 2015 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

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A smoker offers a cigarette to a friendly dragon in this fantasy Photoshop painting by Dan Kitchener

Dan Kitchener’s Photoshop Art isn’t your Ordinary Comic Book Stuff

UK artist Dan Kitchener has developed his own art style. He begins by designing a scene in his sketchbook and then turns to his computer to create a digital painting in Photoshop. The result is a combination of classic comic book art styles and art software styles, a fusion that creates a densely saturated image, unlike […]

February 20, 2015 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

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Real Life Baby Dragon Bat

Lil’ Drac was rescued after his mother abandoned him due to the stress caused by their home disappearing – the zoo where they’d once lived closed. This fun video shows the little bat’s personality emerging as he grows up under the care of volunteers at the Bat World Sanctuary. You can learn more about Lil’ […]

October 9, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
  • February 18, 2015
  • by Catherine Nessworthy
  • Art Installations
  • animal, artist, europe, humanity, inspiration, lamb, lion, marcel witte, netherlands, painting, photorealistic, time lapse

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