#116 - A Mother's Son - Leopard Wall Art

Laikipia, Kenya - 2025
 
This is Kinyo, a young male leopard just fourteen months old, learning how to survive on his own in the wild hills of Laikipia. It’s one of the most leopard-rich areas in Kenya, also home to the famous black leopard, Giza. For Kinyo, every day brings a new challenge. Some are small, others life-changing, and each one adds to the story I aim to capture through my fine art wildlife photography.
 
He still wanders through his mother’s territory and sometimes meets her along the way. Their encounters are brief but gentle, filled with quiet recognition. She allows him close for a moment before moving on, a moment that reflects the emotional depth I strive to bring to my leopard prints, where light and shadow reveal strength and vulnerability side by side.
 
At fourteen months, he’s still just a youngster, and it’s hard not to think of a helpless human baby at that age. Yet here he is, already hunting, climbing, and surviving in one of Africa’s wildest landscapes. Watching him drag his hard-earned meal up a tree to escape a hyena is both humbling and inspiring. The strength, balance, and instinct it takes are remarkable for one so young, qualities that make this one of my most meaningful limited edition leopard prints.
 
For now, he’s finding his place in a dangerous world, step by step, branch by branch. Still his mother’s son, but already becoming the leopard he was meant to be.