The Story behind the piece: I've actually been sitting on this sketch for years. In 2023, I saw wild river otters for the first time in the woods behind my house, and you might say I became a little obsessed with them. I've always dreamed of doing a carving where the otter was "life sized." When I sit down to create my pieces, I like to design with a specific ecosystem in mind-- like an American Red Wolf actually ON the Alligator River Wildlife Refuge, or a Sandhill Crane IN the Okefenokee Swamp. For this piece, although the species I chose have a wide range across the Southeast, I was specifically creating with the NC Piedmont in mind. The backdrop is made of native ferns such as spleenwort and lady fern, and the otter is crawling through a colony of mayapples.
"Across the River, Otter and Bullfrog"-Limited edition of 35 prints. Size, 24x36 inches. *size includes custom, acid free matboard