Raccoon — Framed Piece Frame:Black sturdy enough for groceries

sturdy enough for groceries

Executed in watercolour

A tiger in close portrait — the face filling most of the canvas

the blue hill in the background — it is a view from any number of back roads in Simcoe or Grey County

Raccoon — Framed Piece Frame:Black sturdy enough for groceriesA raccoon forages along a stony shore nose down, hands feeling through the pebbles and reed stubs at the water's edge. The bushy ringed tail is raised; the mask is pressed close to the stones. This is raccoon behaviour rendered with complete accuracy: the tactile foraging style, the way the animal uses its front paws like hands, the specific posture of an animal hunting by touch as much as sight. Glen observed raccoons extensively at Ontario