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The Old One: Doe Study 3

This is the oldest deer I have ever seen. Probably because there are no predators on the Island, the deer can grow to an older age... I could look into her eyes and just see so much there... I love old animals, and to paint her is always a treat. She will even lay down and chew her cud while I am only a few feet away, sitting in the grass, drawing her. Her single fawn is not so brave as her Mom, though tamer than the fawns of the younger does.

As One of the series of Denman Island Deer Studies... before I can paint in high chroma colour, I am best to totally understand how the structure and textures are expressed with "real" colours... Especially since I work with a sculptor's mind... taking a figure and figuring out where the bones and tendons are, where the muscle is, and the quality of expressiveness that each particular deer has, really helps me.

Oil on Linen

11 X 14

Available at the Lloyd Gallery, Penticton, BC