DISTANT CLEARING childrens Dimensions: 8

Dimensions: 8

Artist's description: Most of the time the bears of Tenakee Inlet (which outnumber the humans) live in harmony with the residents of the small community

when I first saw ya swimmin’ to me

It looked for the world like the picture the history books describe of the dwellings of prehistoric man

light and cooking

DISTANT CLEARING childrens Dimensions: 8Brett Varney of Sechelt, British Columbia, uses oil pastel on black surfaces in combination with metallic leafing to create his colorful, impressionist landscapes. In his own words, his work is Van Gogh meets Kandinsky at Gustav Klimts house. In this image, the artist hand cuts the leaf material and applies it to the surface of the print, re creating the look of the original.