Since moving to North Carolina in 2009 I have had the good fortune of seeing many red foxes. They live in my yard and the surrounding woods and neighbors yards. Being mostly nocturnal, I consider myself lucky when I spot them and almost never see them at rest like I have painted this one. But, I am an artist and sometimes use inspiration along with my real life experience to create a scene that I would like to see. In this one I imagine that this sly fox really is “Just Looking” at the moment but I still feel as though the Cardinals may not want to let their guard down too soon, and I feel as though there is an allegory waiting to be written from this scene.

This is the original painting so there is only one.  It’s painted in acrylic on three permanently attached and overlapping gallery wrapped canvases with painted edges to create a three dimensional effect. The overall thickness of the overlapping canvases is 3”. No framing is needed.   The size of this piece is approximately 19” x 25”.