Canvas Painting: Elk with Mountain Backdrop

When I chose how to paint my canvas, I had several factors in mind. First of all, I wanted to do something in nature because I believe nature's work is more beautiful than man-kinds work. Also, I decided my favorite landscape was mountains as a couple years ago I went to Alaska where I saw mountains, mountains, and more mountains and I fell in love with them. Going on with the Alaska theme, I decided I wanted a northern animal that would go well with the environment. I wasn't too keen on anything like a bear so I decided to choose a mammal in the Cervidae (deer) family called an elk. It looks like a smaller version of a moose. This is how it turned out: