"Bear Tracks" 12x16 Winter Sunrise Landscape Painting Landscapes it was starting to really

it was starting to really dry and tack up a bit on me

This place here is one of the most unforgiving places I've ever explored

The wild horses of the North Dakota badlands

Many times I've hiked through seemingly endless forested country only to step out into an open such as the one depicted in this painting

"Bear Tracks" 12x16 Winter Sunrise Landscape Painting Landscapes it was starting to really"Bear Tracks" Every spring before the snowmelt, the grizzlies find their way out into the early hint of warm air and intensifying sunlight. I found this view along a warm springs creek just as the sun peeked through the horizon. It was chilly that morning, but the late winter sun was strong. Not too long after, I had stumbled across the first set of bear tracks of the year; a reminder that the wilderness was beginning to awaken. Specifics: 12x16"