Cecil The Lion Painting To Raise Money For People of Africa #CecilTheHunter

By Ammoland

‘Cecil the Hunter’ Painted by Wildlife Artist, Ryan Kirby for Charity

BOONE, N.C. –-(Ammoland.com)- As the Cecil the lion controversy exploded all over the world, death threats and insults filled up feeds on Facebook and Twitter. Journalists lined up to cover a fiery debate over hunting in Africa.

Forgotten in the Cecil saga it seemed, were the people of Africa, and that didn’t sit well with renowned wildlife artist Ryan Kirby. So Kirby did what he normally does when something inspires him, he began to paint.

By the time he was finished, Cecil was brilliantly immortalized forever.

“Cecil The Hunter,” the original oil on canvas painting took Kirby nearly a week to complete and depicts a proud and massive Cecil, standing over a freshly killed kudu.

“I’m a hunter, and proud to say so. I felt that Cecil needed to be painted not as a lethargic cat lying around for tourists to photograph, but as he truly was – Africa’s greatest hunter,” said Kirby.

Kirby, himself a lifelong outdoorsman and conservationist, doesn’t mince words when talking about Cecil.

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Source:: AmmoLand