Prehistoric Style Coyote painting

In the caves of Europe, ancient paintings have been found that depict the animals of that time.  Many of those paintings include a “twisted perspective” in which the undersides of the feet are shown.  In a single image, those artists of old accurately showed what the animals looked like and the tracks they would leave, producing the earliest nature guides. 

In a similar abstract style, this painting depicts a current North American animal, the Coyote (Canis latrans), with its feet twisted upward to show its tracks.  I also included some realistic full-size tracks, which are based on my plaster casts from the actual local animals here in southern California.  (see also my YouTube channel video youtu.be/I16PPjydSOE)

This work is an original acrylic painting that I designed and hand painted on a 12 inch by 24 inch ceramic tile.  The design is based on my many years of studying our native animals and their tracks.  Like the handprints found in European caves, I signed this artwork with my “handprint,” which includes my initials RCM.