On the Prowl

This bear is on the prowl for lunch...maybe headed to the stream for a little fishing??? (my bears like to fish!) 20x20, oil on canvas, very heavy paint application w/ palette knives.  Available for purchase.

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Good Day Fishing

I've been doing a series of bears fishing...they are usually more successful at this than me.  I like the movement of the water and attempting to catch the moment.  This painting is 12x24.

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No Escape, 22x28, oil

Another bear out for a quick meal...still experimenting w/ techniques to render the water.

Grabbing Lunch, 30x30, oil

Grabbing lunch is pretty easy if you are a bear and the streams are full of salmon moving upstream to spawning grounds.  It's a little tougher if you are an artist trying to render said scene full of transparent splashing water, wet fur, slimy fish, etc.  What was I thinking?  Gallery canvas 30x30x1.5
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Untitled, 10x20, Sold

Bears.....I am painting a series of bears, mostly fishing for salmon.  If you have ever had the good fortune to see this, it is really a staggering experience.  Thankfully, the bears are more interested in the salmon than the people, and the salmon are plentiful, and that is a very good thing.  I want to show the force of the water, the power of the bears, and the determination of these salmon...some of whom lose their uphill battle to the bears, but many more manage to return to their original nesting grounds to spawn and die...quite a life cycle.  This is not a great photograph, but this painting sold and this was the only photo I have.