Grizzly Bear Painting Monet advancing straight towards the viewer

advancing straight towards the viewer across a stony riverbed

Long blue shadows stretch across the untouched snow

lilac and pale grey across a brilliant blue expanse

full of light and movement

This is the forest in its lush

Grizzly Bear Painting Monet advancing straight towards the viewerA grizzly bear rears its head and roars, mouth open and teeth bared, emerging from a swirl of stormy greys and muted earth tones. The painterly treatment lets streaks of paint drip and dissolve at the edges, so the animal seems to surge out of mist and rain with raw, elemental force. Cool slate and ivory clouds frame the warm ochre and chestnut of its fur, and the dramatic contrast throws every detail of the roaring face into sharp relief. It is a