Simon Combes Libros

"In 1993, adventurer, artist and author Simon Combes embarked on the greatest adventure of his lifetime: a search for nine great cats of the world. His goal was to research, locate and ultimately paint each cat in the glory of its natural habitat. In a sometimes hair-raising, sometimes hysterical account of his voyages over three years and on three continents, Combes captures, in stories, paintings and photos, the drama of these nine mysterious and largely elusive species of the cat family." "Combes' reverence, however, is largely restricted to the animals and native peoples. His human companions and occasional fellow travellers fare less well under his observant and comical eye. Filled with travel lore and local customs, Great Cats is a rip-roaring illustrated adventure."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Text and artwork by Simon Combes. Foreword by David Shepherd. Available to the trade for the first time. A safari in Africa can be one of the great highlights of our lives, and Simon Combes has lived his life on one. He is one of the finest painters of wildlife alive and with this book makes his mark as a writer as well. The story of his life contained in this volume is an enthralling the son of an expatriate raised in colonial Kenya, a military career that spanned both sides of that nation's independence, a safari guide and artist with an eye for the adventure that is Africa. Simon's art has been published by the The Greenwich Workshop since 1980.