Black Bear Painting Monet adding a note of life

adding a note of life without clutter

aged leather and muted ochre textiles

The cool palette of slate

A small burst of bloom that keeps the golden hour close

snowy whites and amber reeds echo beautifully with mustard cushions

Black Bear Painting Monet adding a note of lifePainted in a loose, expressive style, a black bear pads along a rocky shoreline beside a still mountain stream. Tall pines crowd the banks in washes of green and ochre, while a pale snow capped peak rises through soft cloud in the distance. The brushwork keeps the water and sky light and fluid, letting reflections shimmer across the calm surface below. There is a storybook gentleness here, a wandering bear at ease in a quiet, painterly wilderness. The