Thursday, September 11, 2008

Rascal aceo


Here's my latest painting, entitled Rascal aceo. My brother-in-law was live trapping squirrels to release else where, when he accidently caught a racoon. My mother-in-law called to tell us about it and to ask my husband if he could go to Tim's and release him since Tim wasn't home. I had been wanting to see a live racoon in person for quite a few years, so I was very excited when this opportunity presented itself. We quickly grabbed the cameras and jumped in the car. When we got there, here this cute racoon sat, stuck in a cage, so we quickly took a few pictures of him, trying not to freak him out more than he already was. Boy did he keep his eyes on my husband the whole time, following his every move.
While standing as far back as possible, Paul used a crowbar to open the cage. I was sitting safely in the car at this time. Once the cage was open, Paul quickly ran to the other side of the car to get more distance between him and the racoon. The racoon slowly came to the door of the cage, looked around, and then took off to a wood pile. It was very exciting to see him be released. Thank you Tim.
I have this painting for sale at my etsy shop, http://luvs2paint.etsy.com/




1 comment:

Unknown said...

Nice job on the racoon painting Brenda!

We used to have a racoon that would reach into a small crack between the door interfacing and the storm door on our screened in porch, unlock the door and come in onto the porch!!! We kept cat food out there and he wanted it badly. We chased him out of there a couple of times. They are very smart animals.

Sharon