The earliest human urge to make pictures resulted in charging animals recorded on the walls of caves. The grand tradition of romantic painting focused animal love on rearing horses and dogs of the hunt. Current popular animal images present tigers on velvet, animals playing cards and airbrushed kittens on sweatsuits. Can our adoration of wild animals be depicted in our images of them? This project is a call to portray the love, curiosity or ambiguous feelings inspired by animals both wild and those closer to home.

MEREDITH CARRUTHERS