"Wolves of The Birch"
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"Wolves of the Birch"
is available as an 11"X17" print by Christopher Parent ©1999
This is a 16X20" drawing done in the pointillism or stippling technique. I am inspired by nature and the landscape and often include birch trees in my drawings. I suppose my love for the image of the birch began when I was young. In our backyard we had a huge fir tree that blew down during a winter storm. In the spring I asked my Mom if I could plant a birch tree to replace the old fir tree our family had loved so much...she agreed and 25 years later that old birch still grows in my parent's backyard.
Wolves on the other hand are one of my favorite animals. I often wonder what they are thinking and the pose they are in here is one of mystery. What are they thinking, what are they looking at? That is for the viewer to decide.
"Grizzly and Salmon"
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"Grizzly and Salmon" ©2000 pen and ink drawing by Christopher Parent
Every autumn this scene is played out daily. In a dance of survival one life gives it's own for the survival of the other and what may seem gruesome and even sad to humans is the way of life for these creatures. The salmon has returned to spawn after it's short years of survival in the ocean only to end it's life in the jaws of the great Grizzly Bear.
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"The Song Sparrow"
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"The Song Sparrow" is a 20"X15" pen and ink drawing by Christopher Parent ©1998
This is a 20"X15" pen and ink drawing. This is part of the series that includes "Wolves of the Birch" and "Emma's Field".