After work I took a stroll around nearby Trenholme park where there are a lot of trees and squirrels. One of the young squirrels started to run along the fence right beside me, and it had no trouble keeping up with my pace until it got to the vine-covered part of the fence. At that point, it started hopping through the vines about half a meter with each go. It was remarkable how agile they can be. When I reached the end of the park and looked back to the path, the squirrel was long gone but I decided to portray the moment in the painting. I stood in the shadow of a large tree to block the sun, the rest of the scene was back-lit. The squirrel is just a few brush strokes in the top middle of the painting. The atmosphere of the painting really conveys August, the dog days of summer.
Squirrel Hopping along Fence, Trenholme, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, August 2022 (No. 3187a)
They can be annoying sometimes, but I am glad we still have squirrels in our neighborhood and backyard.
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