Another Acorn
by AnnaJo Vahle
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Title
Another Acorn
Artist
AnnaJo Vahle
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
This is the second of my squirrel series. It was another rainy day in paradise. My plans to paint in plein air were thwarted. My cat was watching something outside the window.
It was a squirrel, digging up acorns beneath the oak tree in the front yard. Using some purple paint, I lightly sketched the scene. The canvas was coated with a clear primer. It was actually close to the color of the squirrel, coincidentally!
I had to use several coats of paint to cover the gray to indicate the mostly green background. I used the view from my window to guide me but I didn't go for all the details. I played with the colors and suggested the ground and totally ignored the sidewalk and street. I caught the light coming through the clouds at one point and exaggerated it a tad. As she gnawed, she dribbled crumbs. Some of them clung to her white apron of fur. It seemed that I ought to offer her a bib!
Gray squirrels are scatter hoarders in that they do hoard, but dont create central caches. Gray squirrels, instead, spread their stores over their whole territory, minimizing the risk of loss of a significant part of the years harvest.
Gray squirrels remember the general area where they buried things but find the exact spot with their super-noses. Since there are only so many places to bury stuff in the sub/urban environment (e.g. my front yard), a canny squirrel can usually find something that she or someone else stashed.
The forgotten left-overs, of course, are tomorrows oaks, hickories, pines, dogwoods, and crabapples. All that scattering and burying makes the gray squirrel an important seed-disperser for nuts and other large seeds. It seems that oaks need squirrels as much as squirrels need oaks.
1/14/22..Tied 2nd place in SEEDS AND SPROUTS
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Laurel Adams
Dear AnnaJo, your LOVE of beauty and fascination with whatever captures your attention is rewarded with a DEEP GAZE, SOULful searching and then, exquisite IMITATION of details that is infused with a Special Gift…YOUR returned gaze of what you SOULfully, “Essencccesensually SEE” alchemically suspended with bindered pigment, frozen in a moment…of Beauty….a heARTwork. THANK YOU for your deeper share in the IMITATIONALISM discussion thread…such a gift to me, to the artist collective, to the world.
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
Wow! Thank you so very much Laurel. You have a wonderful way with words. I appreciate it so very much.
Gary F Richards
Outstanding adorable composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L … voted for this piece in the TOO CUTE FOR WORDS contest!
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #15 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.....L/F/Tw
Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in 500 Views Share Group & Shared:-)
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
Gary F Richards
Truly magnificent! Outstanding composition, colors, perspective and artwork! Fl voted in Animals contest
Kym Backland
Hey, I missed this new one too! You are really paying homage to these little fellers! I like how white you painted his stomach.. Nice violet tones in that fur! I'm glad you are starting a SERIES.. I think that is great. I never realized that I would start a SERIES, with Raccoonies ,and Squirrels.. these photos are like a soap opera of animals.. Fun! FV.. thanks for stopping by my place and giving my Douglas Squirrel a vote. Douglas Squirrels are named after the same guy as the Douglas Fir Tree is named after.. Anyways.. small like a Chipmunk! FV..
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
Thank you Kym. It is fun working on these little critters, isn't it? You have a wonderful series. Interesting to learn such trivia as them being named after the same guy who's name is synonymous with the fir tree. I am a sucker for such information. Thanks for your support and encouragement, too.
Phyllis Kaltenbach
What a wonderful Painting of this cute little squirrel! V/F
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
Thank you so much, Phyllis. Delighted to have your kind comment and for you to visit.
ABeautifulSky Photography
What an adorable portrait of this little guy Anna--I love the fine detail in the fur! f/v
Kym Backland
How are you? I see you have a new squirrel painting! Love him! Your paintings always bring a smile to my face! Long time no type.. I love the green background in this painting AnnaJo... FV
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
I am delighted to hear from you, Kym. I am pleased that you like this one. I am already working on a third one today. Thank you for your visit and kind comment and your f/v
Isaac Richter
I am stunned by your capability to mimic nature and objects so perfectly AnnaJo. The squirrle is so much outstanding.. I can see your delicate brush stocks and it is just amazingly beautiful. Also your use of variouse colors to generate contrast tecture (in the tree.. in the grass) and rich reality is so much remarkable. A spectacullar work !! An amazing tallent you are!
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