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ALL NEW! EXCITING NEWS ABOUT "SERENITY"! Limited Edition signed and numbered Giclee prints are now available! The long awaited prints are here, and up for sale. The run is only 250 prints - be among the first to own a Christina Langman Limited Edition Print! Your purchase will help the snow leopards too - Christina is donating 10% of all proceeds to the Snow Leopard Conservancy! Visit Big Cat Art for more information, and to place your order.
"Serenity" is copyrighted by Christina Langman, and may not be reproduced without permission. Reference photo is by user "Crias" (Cathy Sheeter) at the site WetCanvas.com (THANK YOU CATHY! Without you, my work couldn't be this stunning!)
This piece is 14 x 28 inches, and is the largest colored pencil piece I have done as of yet. It was extremely challenging, as it was the first time I had also included such a detailed background/foreground in any of my images. (Let's just say that I won't be using the color GREY for a while!) It has taken over 250 hours to complete, and has been a year in the making.
"Serenity" has been awarded and recognized at the Saskatchewan Wildlife Art Association's (SWAA) "Reflections of Nature" show and competition held every year in Saskatoon, SK. It is one of Canada's largest wildlife art shows (strictly wildlife art). "Serenity" placed First in Class, Best in Division, and 2nd Best in Show in its skill group. It is the first competition I have ever entered, so I was thrilled at the results!<\P>
I want to thank everyone for viewing this image - your comments and "peeks" absolutely thrill me, and I am so glad you stopped by. This is a big step for me as an artist, as I am now proud to call myself a "Wildlife Artist" as it will be my focus from now on. For more information, you can check out my site at BigCatArt, or send me an e-mail. This picture has been sold (private sale) but prints will be released at a later date - aiming for summer 2006.
149 Comments
Nancy Aldrich 03 Dec 2007
absolutely gorgeous!!!!annette steens 17 Oct 2007
excellent work Christina!Barbara Keith 04 Oct 2007
Everything about this piece is perfection.. what a talent you have!!!Lee Phung 27 Sep 2007
This is amazing work..The detail is incredible..Awesome portfolio..Herb Roe 26 Apr 2007
very very nice workLaurie Rawdon 01 Apr 2007
leaves me speechless...truly amazing workWendi Evans 23 Mar 2007
I love all your work!Allanna . 24 Feb 2007
this is awesome! i cant beleive you did this with......................................................................coloured pencil! wow! were did you learn to do this?Mary Lou Cupp 03 Feb 2007
Sweet!Randy Nore 11 Jan 2007
Remarkable work!!Paula Taylor 04 Jan 2007
Love this Christina, the image and moodcynthia berridge 28 Dec 2006
awesome art workCrystal Sons 26 Nov 2006
WoW!! again!! this is beautiful!!!debbie collier 10 Aug 2006
Wow great work! I thought it was a photo at first! Looks so real!! Wonderful job!!Wanda Edwards 10 Aug 2006
beautiful animal, beautiful artwork!Mohamed Sherif 13 Jul 2006
awesome .... brilliant art ... very good jobLene Daugaard 22 Jun 2006
Awesome and beautiful work. Working in cp myself, I also find you very patient ;)Meena Kurup 19 Jun 2006
you can name it the thinking cat.......Fantastic artwork.congrats.hope i could learn something from u.David Larson 02 Jun 2006
Beautiful workGabriel Rizzo 02 Apr 2006
amazing attention to detairl on the rocks and fur and the colors are outstanding together. You really captured anemotion and feel of the animal at this moment.Angel Estevez 31 Mar 2006
Fantastic artwork. Masterpiece ! Great talent. Congratulations !DMITRY KOSTYLEW 29 Mar 2006
SO IMPRESSIVE AND STRONG TECNICAL DRAWING! !!! How much time it takes?Steen Djervad 27 Mar 2006
Eminent colorpencil drawing, the soft fur and hard rock is rendered to trustedAmy Vieira 12 Mar 2006
just beautifulDan Mills 11 Mar 2006
Outstanding piece, Christina. You must be a very patient person, the detail is amazing.Angie Waszkiewicz 06 Mar 2006
A wonderful subject, pose and rendering!Gina Kinney 04 Mar 2006
wow....it looks real, amazineTom Baryo 03 Mar 2006
Amazing detail........Good work!Laura Baker 03 Mar 2006
WOW! Absolutely incredible that you did this in colored pencil! Fantastic work!!!(I thought it was pastels at first because it looks so well-blended and smooth!)K.Scott McGregor 03 Mar 2006
A beautiful piece of coloured pencil work Christina, amazing detail, not only is the cat great, but also your work on the rocks, ....excellent.Gautam Thoidingjam 01 Mar 2006
Awesome Work!!!!!!! You're great!!!marie calow 01 Mar 2006
Wonderful draftswomanship! You have made you medium sing, this work is quite rightly popular, just magnificentJim Elam 01 Mar 2006
Christina, I believe you have captured the soul of this magnifcent creature.Paul Traudt 26 Feb 2006
pure talent in every way , WOW!!!!!chrissy dragon 25 Feb 2006
in-freakin-credibleVincent Parker 25 Feb 2006
Your work is absolutly wonderful.Armando Salas 17 Feb 2006
Total beauty!Christopher Bradshaw 15 Feb 2006
This is absolutely amazing. This is by far one of the best color pencil drawings I've seen in awhile. Excellent work. :)Julie Mayser 14 Feb 2006
Fantastic!!!Jennifer Hewitt 14 Feb 2006
wow amazingRobert Ryan 13 Feb 2006
Wow! Kudos again!!Sara Deutsch 13 Feb 2006
Amazing and masterful!Nancy Arp 13 Feb 2006
Just beautiful!Belinda Matthews 13 Feb 2006
Beuatiful, detailed workSam Sidders 12 Feb 2006
Fantastic piece!David Loke 10 Feb 2006
WOW!!! This is so realistic! Beautiful color pencil work Christina! I love the details in this piece. Absolutely stunning.denise wilson 08 Feb 2006
this is amaizing work here! incredible touch with colored pencil???? fantastic. when i find out how to rate it... i will give you a ten!!!! excelently perfect!susan kinney 04 Feb 2006
man! my pencil art never looked like this! this is amazingly awesomeLedneva-Schukina Svetlana 29 Jan 2006
I love this work !!! AVESOME !!!~Katie~ . 28 Jan 2006
Wow awesome!! amazing, looks so realJerry 26 Jan 2006
Excellent topic, colors, clearity and great details!Lili Holuta 25 Jan 2006
just ...AMAZING!Gayle Taylor 24 Jan 2006
Yup, you are DEFINITELY an ARTIST!Nira Dabush 24 Jan 2006
AMAZING WORK!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 100++ LOVE IT!Terry Harris 21 Jan 2006
Wonderful use of grey tones. This is excellent work and easy to see why it's such a award winner.Martin Koitmäe 21 Jan 2006
this is perfect, christinamarc doutherd 21 Jan 2006
Your work with pencil is absolutely Pro stuff! I love your work,and your style is amazing and very strong!veronica isaac 20 Jan 2006
amazing, unbelievableSteve Keith 20 Jan 2006
Im so sorry Ive missed your work Christina...this is just a wonderful piece....its perfection in every way!thea walstra 20 Jan 2006
Brilliant, very very beautiful art Christinacharles hooper 17 Jan 2006
Stunning work here Christina!!!!! It looks so real:~DLara Falcone 17 Jan 2006
Just incredible! I am in awe of your work!! ~Larav blair 17 Jan 2006
This is absolutely stunning!Beautiful work!Emma Anton 17 Jan 2006
WOW honey this is amazing!! Congrats for your well deserved awards!! x xMary Singer 16 Jan 2006
Awesome!Loredana 16 Jan 2006
Outstanding work I love this :)José Fortunato 12 Jan 2006
What a beautiful color pencil work. BravoAnne Vis 11 Jan 2006
Beautiful intense look, great work, Christina!Rose Buchholz 09 Jan 2006
Despite the difference in mediums, I would dare to say you rival one of my favorite artists, schimm schimmel! Captured the essence and form of the cat beautifully! Amazing!Kathryn Arruda 09 Jan 2006
Wow-What a beautifully rendered wild cat! The award and recognition are richly deserved!! Looking forward to seeing more.Andree Lerat 06 Jan 2006
I don't know what the original photo looks like, but your work is fantastic. Love the realism. :)george martinez 05 Jan 2006
wow, christina, you are so talented, this illustration is amazing, you've so detailed in this wild life image, the eyes are incredible done and the expression is fantastic, superb 10+++Michelle Horvath 05 Jan 2006
This is great! I saw this at the Reflections of Nature show and thought it was great then! When I saw it there I never thought that was your first entry in a competition. It really is stunning! Good luck in the future!Terry Bullard 04 Jan 2006
oh so wonderful, not sure how I missed this one - I love the eyes, your detail is always amazing!Peggy Eddings 04 Jan 2006
Great detail. I thought it was a photo.Noval N. Hernawan 04 Jan 2006
And I thought It's a photograph. This is great.Deborah Martin 04 Jan 2006
Congratulations!!! I can understand the award.....Extrordinary work...just amazing and beautiful detail!!!! You've done a remarkable job!!!!kautreena steinhoff 03 Jan 2006
My favorite big cat is the White Tiger, so this picture drew me in quickly, Excellant work, love the detail, you should be very PROUD of this piece.james Simms 03 Jan 2006
I have visited this image many times, and enjoy looking at the detail of your pencil work. I have a set of colored pencils which I have yet to use. I find this portrait quite inspiring and demonstrates the possibilities of that medium. I would love to view it a higher resolution if possible. Did you score the board to create the white whiskers. They came out excellent.Lisa Hill 03 Jan 2006
amazing work, your truly gifted. Lisa xadan delbosque 01 Jan 2006
incredible color pencil artworkChris Hoffman 31 Dec 2005
Wow this is incredible workGeorge Wallis 31 Dec 2005
incredible detail color textures and lighting, can't say enough, fantastic talent and workTara Corbett 30 Dec 2005
This is absolutely fabulous. I can not believe I havn't seen it before. Wonderful job.Leroy Drumm 29 Dec 2005
Truly Beautiful!! A true Artist you are Christina!! 1000+++PMyers 29 Dec 2005
Wonderful colorpencil work. I have tried colorpencil and it is not easy. I don't know how you do it.Rebecca Mullan 29 Dec 2005
WOWOWOW Christina ! This is absolutely stunning !! Your skill is amazing and the hours you put in are well worth it! Congratulations!Kathi Perry 28 Dec 2005
I think this is perhaps the best colored pencil I have ever witnessed. Absolute perfection Christina. WOWAndrew Trask 28 Dec 2005
This really is first class work Christina, very well done..Cathie Brock 28 Dec 2005
You have done an outstanding job of this animal...All the best CathShawn Levy 27 Dec 2005
WOW is about all I can say. It's almost life like.Ted Hammond 23 Dec 2005
Just fantastic work!Svitozar Nenyuk 15 Dec 2005
Wow! So beautiful!!!Trevor Baum 08 Dec 2005
Awesome details, and you can feel the emotion, great job!Charlotte Ottilo 07 Dec 2005
Wow!...This is incredible workmanship.. You are clearly extrememly talented and gifted. Very impressive ChristinaLeah Jaarveth 07 Dec 2005
Amazing talent, this is such a wonderful beautiful piece Christina!!!vitali vitecrow 07 Dec 2005
Outstanding! Great details!John Cunningham 07 Dec 2005
Beautiful work! - So different from my own efforts........... I wouldn't have the patience! Well deserved awards too - Well done !Terry Bassett 06 Dec 2005
It's beautiful Christina! I'm smiling here at your comment on 'grey'... perhaps you should do a wild abstract, in every colour you can imagine, as therapy? :-)NVJasmin Rodriguez Garcia 05 Dec 2005
wow!!!! you did excellent !!Lenny Tatara 04 Dec 2005
Wonderful pencil piece. Great use of tonal values. The eyes on this cat are GREAT!Amy Bihrle 03 Dec 2005
Took my breath away when I read Colored Pencil! WOW! Absolutely love it.Nancy Costley 03 Dec 2005
lovely in all respects!Marcel LorAnge 03 Dec 2005
Excellent! This is a demonstration of talent and patience indeed Christina and your choice of scene is just purrrrfect too And I read that you are a fellow Canadian artist, welcome to AW.Ben DeBiase 02 Dec 2005
absolutely amazing pencil work!!!!! speechless!louis s. bryant 02 Dec 2005
unbelievablely perfect this causes for a parallelimage keep up the good work awesome!!!!!!!!!!!Manuela Facchin Varalda 02 Dec 2005
Amazing! A perfect work, Christina!Peter Leahy 02 Dec 2005
fabulously skilled and beautiful work Christina!!!czar 242 02 Dec 2005
Excellent!!!!Renee Nemerov 02 Dec 2005
Skillful! Well DoneCher Peterson 02 Dec 2005
Marvelous detail, and you caught that intensity that cats seem to exude.Ana Tirolese 02 Dec 2005
Stunning! Beautiful! Wow!Renata Cavanaugh 02 Dec 2005
Amazing colored pencil work....what a gorgeous imageNelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 02 Dec 2005
this work is absolute FABULOUS, Christina!! I adore the detailed view!!! You must be a very patient person and you are a great artist!Fiona Hooper 01 Dec 2005
Absolutely stunning!!! I would never have guessed this was done in cp. I'm interested to know what paper you used.Les Jobes 01 Dec 2005
Well deserved awards Christina! Congratulations! This is so incredible.. the detailing so precise and accurate.. Astounding work in coloured pencil! Outstanding artwork. :o)Paul Grech 01 Dec 2005
Phenomical. Sublime. It has an almost abstract appearance.Joke Schotting 01 Dec 2005
Amazing work,Christina!!!Bluemoonshadow 01 Dec 2005
Wow Christina, what a beauty... those eyes look very real.. awards very well deserved..:-)))fred leonard 01 Dec 2005
One word.....Beautiful!! Absoulutly beautiful work!Anonymous Guest 01 Dec 2005
spectacular. debbie anne neroLaura Smith 01 Dec 2005
Christina!!! This is so amazing!! This should be published, earn you lots of money, and win lots of awards... seriously!! The heck with Matisse! ;)Angela Francis 01 Dec 2005
Gorgeous! What a beautiful animal.joan warburton 01 Dec 2005
Incredible work! One of the best pencil works I've seen on this site! The detail is awesome. I love how you textured and colored the rocks!Gary Glass 01 Dec 2005
Hi Christina,, this is a wonderful illustration you have done in pencil... Very nice detail.Brigitte Hintner 01 Dec 2005
Oustanding .....I'm so impressed by your talent Christina !!!! This is so wonderful , for me an absolutely masterpiece !!!Greetings to Canada !K L Marsala 01 Dec 2005
wow christina, this is absolutley outstanding! what a true work of art. you keep going!DebraAnn Kasimakis 01 Dec 2005
BEAUTIFUL....I can almost feel what's involved in making such a realistic precise peice. Reminds me of my pen & ink rapidograph peice. Fabulous ability. Thank You.Diana Hume 01 Dec 2005
Christina, I am so thrilled for you! Kudos for the awards this piece has garnered for you! 250 hours! Still, obviously a labour of love. It is beautiful, and yes you are indeed a "wildlife artist!"Patty Day 01 Dec 2005
Wow!!! your very good, I love it...Outstanding work....jO ANNA jARVIS 01 Dec 2005
Great job...Emily Reed 01 Dec 2005
How inspirational and touching! So beautiful too.corry stuart 01 Dec 2005
Outstanding ChristianVivian Allen 01 Dec 2005
A beautiful work of art! Every detail is so well defined, from the eyes and markings of the fur to the texture of the rocks. Fabulous!Cristina Marsi 01 Dec 2005
wow, at first I thought it was a photo. Fantastic pencil work :)Aris Stathakis 01 Dec 2005
fantastic work Christina!Linda Eades Blackburn 01 Dec 2005
Magnificent! Congratulations.Anne Kelty 01 Dec 2005
Great expression here. Good values, too.RQ Trietsch 01 Dec 2005
Fantastic job and I like the fact you didn't forget the whiskersP Cooper 01 Dec 2005
Love the rocks I can just feel how smooth they are.250 hours holy s**t you deserve an award for that alone.eileen martin 01 Dec 2005
Christina, absolutely beautiful and amazing work:) and congrats on the awards, well deserved!:)jennifer blenkinsopp 01 Dec 2005
Outstanding pencil work Christina,--- amazing depth and use of colour,the composition,---- excellent, this is well worth the wait. Bravo.Dan Gagen 01 Dec 2005
it is a real pleasure to see works from an artist of your quality. All of your pieces are stunning - bravo!Christine brand 01 Dec 2005
Incredible beauty and skill!Jean M. Laffitau 01 Dec 2005
This work is amazing Christina!! Excellent!Alan Corbett 01 Dec 2005
Great work. Liquid nature.The flow of colour is amazing. Much better than any photograph could render.God-the look is menacing. Alan CorbettMi MItchell 01 Dec 2005
Beautiful, lovely work. A great photographer is hard to find.ellen blockley 01 Dec 2005
WOW! Christina I can understand why you couldn't wait to post this. It is outstanding. I am amazed that you did this with a colored pencil .BRAVO!Trish Ellis 01 Dec 2005
Wow!! Absolutely stunning! Beautiful realism and detail, not to mention the rocks!! Beautiful eye for detail!