"Golden Bear" by Robert Bissell
Signed Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas, Unframed
Image Size: 25 X 36 in.
Edition Size: 50

I had wanted to do this painting before the original Embrace painting. This is actually how the painting was first conceived, so in a sense it is a "prequel" to The Embrace. The setting is from a painting by Asher B Durand, one of the foremost Hudson River Romantics, and a master at landscape. My interpretation is that the wanderer in the forest is recreated in gold after encountering the butterflies near the creek.

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