Lone Wolf

A lone gray wolf stands atop a pile of snow covered boulders. Seen in profile, this alert hunter looks across a wintry landscape in the North American wilderness. He stands next to a twisted old oak tree almost as if he is guarding its gnarled trunk. A few fir trees can be seen in the distance and dark clouds fill the winter skies.

This is a lone wolf. Lone wolves are wolves who, for some reason or another, don't run with a pack. The concept of the lone wolf has come to stand as symbol for people who do things as an individual rather than as part of a group.

This is the latest addition to my wolf themed series of artworks. For this one, I wanted to create a proud looking wolf standing tall on a natural pedestal, not just any lone wolf, but the epitome of one. I used a vertical format with a very low horizon line to give him a heroic look. Just to add a bit of visual interest and to break up the sky, I added the gnarled old tree, but I made it as such that it makes the wolf appear to be gigantic.

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Daniel

Waiting for the Snow

A gray wolf rests in tall dry grass late in the year. Behind it, an evergreen forest lines the field in this North American wilderness. Also called the timber wolf or Western wolf, this animal is one of the top predators of the cold North. It's at home in wintry conditions, and this one looks up into the sky where dark clouds amass as the first winter storm rolls in. This canine hunter anxiously awaits the first falling of snow in the season.

This is the second artwork in my new wolf themed series. For this one, I wanted a mostly still image of a wolf as it relaxes, and I wanted a really close-up image where you can see every detail of the animal's coat.

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Daniel Eskridge

A Wolf in Autumn

A grey wolf stands in tall yellow grass. Behind it is a forest bright with the colors of fall. The wolf looks directly at the viewer with a calm expression on its face.

I get lots of requests for wolves, but for some reason they tend to have given me trouble in the past. I almost always wound up throwing out any wolf themed art that I made. Most of the time, it was because I didn't like the coat. A wolf's fur patterns are very distinctive and if you get it wrong, it just doesn't look like a wolf. A few weeks ago though, I decided to fix that and paint a new wolf coat for my models. This is the result. I rather like the way it turned out.

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Daniel

Howling Wolf

Somewhere in the wilderness of North America, a grey wolf howls in front of a full moon..

My latest wildlife themed artwork.

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Daniel