For his first prestige piece on china, Terry chose another of his favourite animals as the subject. Having been fortunate enough to observe these creatures in the wild, Terry has beautifully captured the spirit of Cheetahs in this piece - "Watching and Waiting" - because that's what they do so much of their time.

Terry is not one to rush his work and this piece was in preparation for about three months. Terry explored different ideas before settling on a typical family of mother and three youngsters. He wanted to capture their alertness, but also the long periods spent resting and waiting.

As the inside is designed and painted first, the family size was in some ways determined by the surface available inside the vase. Cheetahs typically have 3 - 5 cubs, but occasionally more. Terry has included three gorgeous young cheetahs in his family, each hiding up in grass and peering out at you in turn as you slowly rotate the vase. The detail achieved internally is quite breath-taking, the result of many hours of painstaking work!

By a combination of colour and clever composition, the outside of the vase becomes a stunning painting in miniature and in the round. Mum sits and watches over her shoulder across the wide open grassland that Cheetahs use to hunt. Her three youngsters (like typical teenagers!) take it easy in the shade of a tree.

The whole vase is a truly remarkable piece of wildlife art.

Cheetah cubs are brought up solely by the mother and stay with her for about the first 18 months of their life, as they learn and mature. When born, they are smokey-grey in colour and have a mantle of long hair along their backs. This begins to disappear after three months and is replaced by short tawny, buff and black hairs. Cheetahs are, of course, famous for being well adapted for their speed. They hunt during the daytime and are therefore found in open spaces with suitable vantage points, where their burst of speed can be put to best use.