This week I did something a little different. I did this one as a drawing on a
piece of raw birch. I had planned on painting into it, but decided I liked the
way it looked on plain, unfinished wood. I thought of doing a raccoon because
I dreamt of them a couple weeks ago. It wasn't the most pleasant dream
actually- they were nipping at me to get at some food I was trying to give them
but when I woke up I the first thing I thought of were raccoons. I know they
can be somewhat aggressive at times but I still think they're cute. I think
they're most appealing when a family of them climbs down a tree at night
to forage for food. I've seen this a couple times and they'll be climbing down-
usually one mother and four or five kids, and when they realize they've been
seen they'll freeze. This is when you can really check them out because you
can see the wheels in their heads turning and probably thinking "go back up
or continue going down?" In both cases, they stopped, then decided that going
down was their best option so they started moving again towards their mission.
Painting #15
12" x 16"
graphite on birch
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