A charcoal/blue beaver seated in a "woodlot" of upraised paint brushes and palette knife.

This sturdy fellow inserted himself in my life earlier this year (2017) when I painted him for my new grandnephew whose parents had chosen a lumberjack theme for his nursery. When asked to submit a piece for Perivale Gallery's (Spring Bay, Manitoulin) annual "In the Spirit of the Group of Seven" exhibit I chose to make use of this same beaver. It seemed appropriate to use our national animal as my salute to these iconic Canadian artists in this year of Canada's sesquiicentennial.