McNeil River Fisherman

After months of thinking about how I wanted to do a really large scratchboard etching, I decided to go with background/foreground done in the medium instead of oil. The power of this large bear and swirling, splashing water is a strong image and translated with interesting effect into the scratchboard look. Now that my first large etching is done, there will be more!

This bear is fishing on the McNeil River in Alaska.

Reference photo courtesy of Tony Carnahan.

Winner of the Artist's Choice Award, Western Heritage Artists Show, Great Falls, Montana 2012