This is some of the work by Brooklyn-based painter George Boorujy. An excerpt from his P-P-O-W exhibition Blood Memory:

“Boorujy challenges the viewer to confront both the animal and their preconceived notions about it. Through their gaze an interaction evolves with the wild that otherwise would have to be sought out or birthed from happenstance. However fleeting our exchanges with the wild are, an impression of their presence marks our memories. There is something mystical at play; a silent exchange that either moves us towards awareness or heightens our fear of the unknown.”

(Note: not all of these paintings are from his current exhibition.)