Sunning

Sunning

The best mornings ask nothing of you.

Inspired by the immersive dioramas of natural history museums, this mixed media painting blends realistic wildlife portraiture with a lush, decorative wildflower field. The brown bear sits with its back half-turned, face lifted toward a warm, glowing sky — completely at ease. The meadow surrounding it is rendered in a flat, folk-art print dense with pink, red, and blue wildflowers against deep green, while the bear itself is painted in rich, textured realism. It's a quiet moment of contentment — sunlight on fur, nowhere to be.

Oil and acrylic gouache on birch board panel | 16" x 20"