Prehistoric Style Striped Skunk 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 Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis), 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)