Christine had been contemplating a life-size painting of a stag for some time -in her part of the world, the deer is a staple of the rolling landscape of West Dorset and East Devon. When the news of the demise of the Exmoor Emperor broke, Christine knew immediately that she HAD to paint him.

She had to wait for the custom made canvas but ever since it arrived, she has been working frenetically to capture the creature’s majesty and presence. The painting owes nothing to the Landseer legacy. It has a raw energy which will stop the viewer in his tracks. Indeed, the viewer should feel themselves to be in the stag’s presence, held by his imperious gaze. The finished oil painting is just over 9 feet tall.

This is a trophy painting and Christine sees these massive, dramatic works as a way for the spirit of the hunter which lies deep within mankind to be satisfied without bloodshed.

Return