Print of the Month: Claws

You may have guessed that I LIKE BEARS! I have been photographing Alaska’s bears since the early 1980s and I feel this is the best photograph of a brown bear I have ever taken – and that’s just not the adrenaline talking!

When you visit a location as often I have, you begin to recognize the ‘locals’, and I have a history with this bear. She’s a young female I’ve photographed in years past, catching fish like none other. This year she had two cubs demanding her attention and was still the best. As the male bears splashed and thrashed at fish, she was like an efficient machine; feeding her cubs was her prime objective. I knew exactly what she would do and focused on her.

Limited to an edition of 100, #1 is a glorious 40 x 53″, very nearly life size! Be the first to own this archival print and 10% of the retail will be donated in your name to the University of Washington’s Center of Conservation Biology (they’re the scientists who do significant work in the DNA tracking of poached endangered species!).

Be the bear, not the salmon!

4 Responses to “Print of the Month: Claws”

  1. Gary Arvan says:

    where is the the Bear Picture located? Looks like a restaurant in West Seattle

  2. Frank Morris says:

    Art, That is one amazing shot!! While the claws make it, you can almost hear the splashing water!!

  3. Hailey Woods says:

    When was this amazing art piece taken?

  4. Congratulations on capturing all the beauty, majesty, fierceness and, intensity of Mother Nature in her bear form . Awesome

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