Marmot Emerging From Den Canvas Print

This large 11 pound yellow-bellied marmot lives in the talus slopes of Mount Rose in Nevada, in the western United States. As long as kept talking to him he stayed at the entrance to his burrow in the rocks. When I would stop talking he would retreat and hide. When I started talking again he would emerge. This exchange went on for quite some time and I was able to approach within an arms length. When I saw the size of his front teeth however, I decided that I did not want to risk touching him!

Member of the International Guild Of Realism. Inducted into the Grumbacher Artist Hall Of Fame. ARTIST STATEMENT 'My aim is to provide the visual stimulus to reconnect with nature, to renew body, mind and spirit through the imagery that I capture of the natural world with brushes and paint and through my camera lens. I hope that you find an image in my collections that will enhance your life." ABOUT THE ARTIST ~ FRANK WILSON As far back as my memory serves me, I was a creative. My family says I was born with a crayon in my mouth. Drawing, building things, making pictures with crayons were an everyday staple in my early childhood. While hospitalized in the eighth grade for some respiratory problems, an Aunt gave me a...