Raccoon Baby — Bag Insects and Butterflies This is a territorial encounter

This is a territorial encounter in progress: the Pileated

the proboscis

just applied to an unfamiliar species

the whisker arrangement — rendered with complete precision

Glen's field notes at the lower left record the specimen: Alces alces andersoni

Raccoon Baby — Bag Insects and Butterflies This is a territorial encounterA young raccoon sits at a pond's edge among pickerelweed the juvenile plumage still fluffy, the mask already distinct, the animal regarding the viewer with the alert curiosity of a young mammal encountering something new. A leopard frog sits at the lower right, barely visible but precisely rendered. The pickerelweed behind the kit is botanically exact another wetland species given its due. This painting brings together two classic Ontario pond species