A Bear That Wasn't

November 3, 2020
​Portrait of a Bear That Wasn’t Supposed to Be.Oil sketch on panel 12x16”
.You can’t always plan for when bears will invade your studio. This panel was slated for something entirely different.
And yet...🐻

Remember: a good idea doesn't always make a good painting.


The novelist Nicholson Baker said that
all art should answer one question:
is life worth living?


you and I already won the greatest lottery on the planet: We were born- if that's not a permission slip then I don't know what is.
Hope you’re all staying safe, sane and healthy