A to Z Challenge
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| "On the Prowl" - acrylic painting ©Mary Montague Sikes |
Years ago, raccoon families would climb up our steps and peer through the glass of our living room sliding door. One time, I found three baby raccoons clawing at the door trying to get in. The mother was there as well. When I appeared, they all ran away.
I thought the family was cute until I realized the danger of rabies, and then I heard of a young boy being chased by one. Like anything in nature, we need to be respectful and cautious as well.
While doing this Painting a Day Challenge, I have discovered maybe it's a good thing not to keep going back into the work to make changes. Last night, we had a lot of storms come through, so I left my painting until this morning to post. I planned to work on it some more today. However, when I arrived in my studio, I decided not to make any changes. The Challenge is leading me to work faster.
Today's painting is 11" x 14" acrylic on stretched canvas.
I've loved all your paintings, but there IS something especially fresh and spontaneous about this one that goes particularly well with the subject. Isn't it wonderful how, no matter how long we've been doing a creative process, we can always suddenly learn something new about it and our interaction with it?
ReplyDeleteMarian Allen
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Marian, thank you, for your creative thoughts on this! I love it that we are always learning!!!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely adorable!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Amy! Do you remember the raccoons?
ReplyDeleteLook at those big eyes! Very nice, Monti.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Alex!
ReplyDeleteHe's adorable! You're doing a painting a day? That is really ambitious.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Diane. A painting a day is more ambitious than I imagined it might be! However, I have the benefit of a studio filled with colorful creatures.
ReplyDeleteI love raccoons, we saw some at OC park recently, your painting is lovely!
ReplyDeleteInteresting take on the challenge! I love the artwork. I remember raccoons in our neighborhood growing up and all the adults warning us to stay away because of rabies. But they always looked so darn cute!
ReplyDeleteHi from Nagzilla bloghopping A to Z
Mary, I am doing the A-Z Challenge also with my pen name's site, Romance Righter. Small world. What a great theme! Sharon Moore
ReplyDeleteMary, I am doing the A-Z Challenge also with my pen name's site, Romance Righter. Small world. What a great theme! Sharon Moore
ReplyDeleteOh, I bet those raccoon babies were cute!
ReplyDeletevery nice
ReplyDeleteThe A to Z kinda pushes you out of your normal zone for sure
been drawing some of the characters for our serial fiction this month
- mucho tiempo
happy a to zing
LadysKnight
Lovely painting, and what a cute face that raccoon has :)
ReplyDeleteThere are no racoons in New Zealand, and I haven't seen one in long time. Fantastic painting. You are so talented.
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