Unlike its avian counterpart, the Barn Griffin has enjoyed a cordial relationship with humans: being half barn owl and half cat makes it the ultimate vermin-catcher, and unlike its larger cousins is not wont to carry off the sheep when it gets hungry. Despite its eerie hooting and hair-raising catcalls, it is also one of the few griffons known to purr.

Barn Griffins can be spotted at dusk, usually in fields and around farms, and will always give you safe directions through the night, if you ask them politely.

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Bawk? Again, me exploring different kinds of griffon* and I came up with this. I wish I had a Barn Griffin living in my back yard!

Colored pencils on 5"x7" black matboard. Original will be going to the FC art show. :3 Art © myself, some rights reserved.


*I have begun to use "griffon" as the universal spelling of the word, "griffin" to mean specifically a griffon whose feline half is a cat, and "gryphon" to be specifically one whose feline half is lion or tiger.