"Smudge" 8 x 10 inches Oil on Gessoboard $ 220. Framed Buy with Paypal Smudge is a rare black squirrel who has taken up housekeeping in my backyard. He mostly stays in the back while his grey cousins spend all day working my bird feeders. Not that any squirrel would ever go hungry if they could just remember where they hid the plentiful acorns and black walnuts. Smudge was painted from a photo I took a few weeks ago. He's not a real big squirrel. My guess is either he's the runt or a teenager. Of course, when I first spied him, I didn't have my camera. So I said a quick prayer, got my camera and hoped he'd still be up the tree when I got back to the window. He was! This almost never happens. I cannot tell you how many wonderful pictures I missed because the camera doesn't hang on my neck.
Small paintings of birds, animals and landscapes.