Para Pipaluk

"Para Pipaluk" (To Pipaluk)
32" x 28"
Acryllics and oil over canvas.

Estimated time: 30 hours (give and take)



The story of Pipaluk, the Polar Bear.

Pipaluk, a male polar bear, was born at London Zoo on the 1st December 1967. (The only polar bear cub previously reared successfully at the Zoo had been Brumas – a female.)

The name ‘Pipaluk’, the ending of which rhymes with book, was chosen from a list of Inuit (Eskimo) names – it means ‘the little one’.

Pipaluk’s parents, who had arrived as young cubs from Moscow Zoo in 1960, were called Sam and Sally. They were named after the Zoo’s bear keeper Sam Morton and his fiancée. Pipaluk left London Zoo in 1985 when the Mappin Terraces (which housed all the bears) were closed, and died at the age of 22 years in a Zoo in Poland.

(taken from: [link])


Reference: this wonderful photo [link] taken by ~summerdew of Conrad, a Polar Bear, at Oregon Zoo. If you like my painting remember to show your love to ~summerdew. She's after all the great photographer behind this. THANKS SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME PAINT THIS!!!