"Blackout"
Giclée canvas print:
24" x 36", s/n
A/P #3 - $1,545
(from an acrylic painting) |
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The year is 1895, when black bear was
the most common North American big game outside of whitetail
deer. Today it is still wide spread in Canada and the northern
states, but three states in the south; Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi
have declared it a threatened species.
Black bears are mainly nocturnal, although
they can be found abroad most times of the day. Even in these
early days before black bear became accustomed to human garbage,
they would be found raiding hunters camps, particularly
in the more remote locations. A camp became a welcome, easy food
source, especially when the hunters were away. Theodore Roosevelt
wrote of instances in the late 1800s where bears would occasionally
visit hunters camps playing havoc and devouring everything
edible, specially if sweet, and trampling into a dirty mess whatever
they do not eat.
In my painting the camp residents have
momentarily left the pots cooking on the fire but before they
can return, an inquisitive bear comes out of the twilight shrouded
forest and may well sample the simmering venison.
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