Fragile Future

Acrylic on canvas. It is a first painting of my series “Echoes of the Wild”

A tiger cub stares at a stuffed toy tiger with curiosity — like he’s trying to figure it out.

To me, it feels like he’s seeing a version of himself that isn’t alive… just soft, quiet, and still.
I painted this thinking about the future — a future I hope we never reach, where real tigers are gone and all we have left are toy versions on shelves.