Made with Xara Web Designer If you are interested in acquiring this painting or would like further information please contact me White Magic The world's most enchanting animal is the White Tiger.  The first was captured in 1951 in a forest owned by his Highness The Maharajah of Rewa, in the forests adjoining the  Bandhavgarh National Park.  It was a chance discovery.  The cub was in a litter of four cubs which walked into a forest camp.  The word went around of this amazing discovery and the Maharajah had the white cub brought to his palace where the cub was reared. As beautiful as it may look, life as a White Tiger can't be easy when your life depends on being able to disappear into and keep a low profile when stalking through the dappled light of the jungle, this is possibly one of the reasons that white cubs are so rare in the wild. The White Tiger now only survives in the world’s zoos, but I wanted to paint this stunning, magnificent animal in it’s natural forest habitat, as the white coat stands out against the dark, cool forest pool. Tigers may love water, but they do not like to get it in their eyes and will frequently enter backwards to ensure this doesn't happen. When emerging they'll often shake like a dog to remove the excess water from their coats.  Drenching and drying keeps Tigers cool during the hottest part of the day. They follow a pattern of soaking for about an hour, then returning to dry land where the wind will have a cooling effect on the wet body. As the benefits start to wear off they once more return for another cooling soak. Link to Us Privacy Photo Gallery Guestbook Acrylic on Canvas All content and artwork copyright to Stephen Gayford and may not be reproduced without permission © 2007 - 2011