Raccoon — Giclée on Paper Paper Type:Somerset Velvet spending whole afternoons watching the

spending whole afternoons watching the swallows that nested near his Maple

and the rock below gives the eye a resting point

his big-cat portraits are among the most technically accomplished and widely admired in his catalogue

A whitetail fawn lies curled in a spring forest clearing — white spots vivid on its rust-red coat

A Grizzly Bear on a rocky riverbank — mouth open

Raccoon — Giclée on Paper Paper Type:Somerset Velvet spending whole afternoons watching theA 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