I was well into adulthood before seeing my first black bear and it happened at the place that always comes to mind when I think of bears - Shenandoah National Park. That was more than twenty years ago at the time I’m writing this. However, even today, when I want to see bears I visit Shenandoah. During a visit there in 2019 I saw a total of seven bears and some were while hiking on trails like this. My experience has been that they are gentle giants and if you don’t bother them then they don’t bother you.

This is the original painting so there is only one.  It’s painted in acrylic on a 1 1/2” thick gallery wrapped canvas and the scene continues on the edges for a very finished look. No framing is needed, but if you like frames it can also be framed.  The size of this piece is 30” x 40”.