The collection includes Pig in the Courtyard, The Curious Snout, A Moment Before Leaving, The Solitary Stag, Deer in the Green Veil, Earthbound Elephant, Graceful Giraffe Abstract, and Crab in Blue Water. Together, these paintings move from domestic and pastoral settings into woodland, open land, abstraction, and water.
Throughout the collection, recognisable animal forms are shaped by tactile brushwork, intensified colour, and changing degrees of abstraction. The animals may appear closely observed, partly concealed by their environment, or transformed through imaginative colour and gesture. Their individual presence remains central, whether expressed through posture, silhouette, movement, or the relationship with the surrounding landscape.
Viewed together, Animal Encounters celebrates the diversity of the living world without imposing a single habitat or visual language. Each painting becomes a meeting between observation and imagination, revealing how Alvi transforms animals both familiar and wild into distinctive expressions of curiosity, solitude, strength, and grace.








