Raccoon — Framed Piece Frame:Black A chipmunk has found the

A chipmunk has found the cottage deck table — it sits between the terracotta pots

and the medium is ideal for the subject — the texture of the lichen on the granite

and intricately spotted back reflected in the barely-rippled water below

the blue hill in the background — it is a view from any number of back roads in Simcoe or Grey County

the crumpled petals emerging

Raccoon — Framed Piece Frame:Black A chipmunk has found theA raccoon forages along a stony shore nose down, hands feeling through the pebbles and reed stubs at the water's edge. The bushy ringed tail is raised; the mask is pressed close to the stones. This is raccoon behaviour rendered with complete accuracy: the tactile foraging style, the way the animal uses its front paws like hands, the specific posture of an animal hunting by touch as much as sight. Glen observed raccoons extensively at Ontario