Adam Sees a Bear (ORIGINAL)

5.5x8 inches, framed in white with a double matted board, prismacolor pencil original drawing on sepia-toned acid-free paper. This was a black bear Adam and I encountered in Providence Canyon, Georgia.

This piece is currently on the walls at PaLatte Coffee & Art in Grand Rapids, MI if you would like to purchase or view in person.

There weren’t supposed to be any bears, and the bear ran off in the opposite direction. I wanted to make a drawing of how surprising the encounter was for us, and how unsurprised the bear seemed. My favorite part of this drawing was distorting the expression Adam made that day upon seeing the bear.