Large Bear Painting Monet hand-painted vibrancy

hand-painted vibrancy

Terracotta

clear sky-blue and dabs of terracotta warm a pared-back

lively brushstrokes

Light catches the raised ridges of paint so the whole face seems to shimmer and move

Large Bear Painting Monet hand-painted vibrancyA great brown bear surges forward out of a storm of loose, expressive brushwork, one paw thrown towards the viewer in full charge. Painted with vigorous strokes, its shaggy coat dissolves into flurries of cream, ochre and grey that scatter like flung snow and spray around the body. The face is rendered with real intensity, mouth open and eyes fierce, while the edges of the form melt into the abstract background. The result is part portrait, part