Bear Painting - Blackberry Patch - Wildlife Poster

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Scruffy/ The third in a series of three
Artist/Jan Dappen

FEATURED in Wildlife-One a Day on 8-16-13
FEATURED in 4 Legged Friends on 8-16-13


This is a printing of black bear in oil on canvas.
I am very fortunate to live in a cabin in the woods in the mountains of North Georgia and we have many four-legged visitors (two, if you count the turkeys) to our home. This is Scruffy, named because he always looked a little 'scruffed up' when visiting. He was a regular to our place and neighbors. Here Scruffy is enjoying the abundance of blackberries. July is the peak month for blackberries in the North GA Mountains and also the peak time when the Black Bears come through picking out the best. Black bears are beautiful. There are obviously more colors than just black in these awesome animals...deep blues, browns, blacks and white. Here, scruffy is actually staring at us through a picture window and you can just feel his domineering presence. Wildlife is anothe...

Jan Kornegay Dappen is a self-taught artist. She is originally from Columbus, Ga and presently a local Ellijay artist living in the North Georgia Mountains. She is a founding member of the Gilmer Fine Artists Guild,now TAG, Secretary of the Gilmer Arts Board and Chair of the Golf for the Arts Tournament-New Gallery/Education Center Renovation Fund. She loves painting en Plein Air and often helps organize the Plein Air, Art in the Mountains. Jan primarily works in oils but also teaches classes in Acrylics. She has been recognized locally and internationally for the following awards: 2024 - LOBSTERING AT SCHOODIC POINT- 1ST Place, Gilmer Arts Juried Exhibition Competition in May, Ellijay, Ga. Judge, John Guernsey 2023 - SUN BREAKING...