John Banovich limited edition giclée on canvas:"Fisherman on the River - Pbi6ak Ha Tyhbiiie"
Artist:John Banovich
Title:Fisherman on the River - Pbi6ak Ha Tyhbiiie
Size (H x W):40 x 60
Edition:35 numbered and hand signed by the artist
Medium:limited edition giclée on canvas
About the Art:Pbi6ak Ha Tyhbiiie translates from Russian to "Fisherman on the the river "Toonsha" which is an upper tributary of the Serebryanka, mostly within the zapovednik of the Sikhote Alin biosphere reserve in the Russian Far East......one of the last refuges on earth for the Siberian tiger.
Also known as the Amur tiger, its numbers in the wild are approximately 420 making one of the most endangered of all the great cats. It is a place I know well as I have tracked tigers in this wild, remote wilderness on several occasions with Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society ...even finding a fresh tiger kill of a large sika deer stag.
Toonsha was the original name of the creek (indigenous or Chinese) before the Russians renamed so many things. The term "Рыбак" is a local slang word for fisherman. And this could be a common sight as tigers are opportunists who are attracted to movement...and unlike lions, they seem to really like water. - JB
JOHN BANOVICH John Banovich began sketching wildlife while growing up in the copper-mining town of Butte MT. He painted animals on antlers and fashioned them into bolo ties, earrings and belt buckles, inspired by the elk and deer that his father hunted. At ten, he sold his first oil. He received a degree from the Art Institute of Seattle in graphic design. In 1993, as a virtual unknown, his painting of two lionesses won Best of the Show in Seattle's Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show. He is now recognized as one of the world's top wildlife painters.
Title:Fisherman on the River - Pbi6ak Ha Tyhbiiie
Size (H x W):40 x 60
Edition:35 numbered and hand signed by the artist
Medium:limited edition giclée on canvas
About the Art:Pbi6ak Ha Tyhbiiie translates from Russian to "Fisherman on the the river "Toonsha" which is an upper tributary of the Serebryanka, mostly within the zapovednik of the Sikhote Alin biosphere reserve in the Russian Far East......one of the last refuges on earth for the Siberian tiger.
Also known as the Amur tiger, its numbers in the wild are approximately 420 making one of the most endangered of all the great cats. It is a place I know well as I have tracked tigers in this wild, remote wilderness on several occasions with Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society ...even finding a fresh tiger kill of a large sika deer stag.
Toonsha was the original name of the creek (indigenous or Chinese) before the Russians renamed so many things. The term "Рыбак" is a local slang word for fisherman. And this could be a common sight as tigers are opportunists who are attracted to movement...and unlike lions, they seem to really like water. - JB
JOHN BANOVICH John Banovich began sketching wildlife while growing up in the copper-mining town of Butte MT. He painted animals on antlers and fashioned them into bolo ties, earrings and belt buckles, inspired by the elk and deer that his father hunted. At ten, he sold his first oil. He received a degree from the Art Institute of Seattle in graphic design. In 1993, as a virtual unknown, his painting of two lionesses won Best of the Show in Seattle's Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show. He is now recognized as one of the world's top wildlife painters.
