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April 10, 2008
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Prints of this piece are available in all sizes (from ACEO sized to 21" X 28") in my artspots print shop: [link]

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I did this painting for my Landscape painting class. The assignment was to take photos and do studies of animals at the zoo and their faux habitats, then to create a painting of our own composition based off those photos and studies. I based this painting off of what I learned from my photos and studies, but not really any particular one of them.

The arctic foxes at the Denver Zoo had their winter coats still, and were really active that day. There are a few cool looking twisted wood pieces and logs in there that I liked too.

I named the painting Ciro because he's supposed to be one of my characters; a world travelling arctic fox with brilliant sun coloured eyes (thus his name Ciro, which means 'sun' in Italian).

Original is acrylic paints on 15" X 20" illustration board
copyright to Katie Hofgard
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~EveeEvo Aug 20, 2011
Love it. It reminds me of Kathryn Lasky's book illustrations or Erin Hunter's -Favorite.-

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Mood: Joy ~faery-dustgirl Dec 7, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
Those eyes makes this so very stunning! Beautiful work!

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*Mr-Ripley Jul 27, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
Well done!

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=Felidire Dec 3, 2008  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Really cute, matches their inquisitive nature.

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~Akagitsune Aug 28, 2008  Hobbyist General Artist
beautiful! i love foxes! ^w^

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~ChibiHaruChans Aug 16, 2008
Love the eyes and mouth, very cute xD
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~chaosslasezero Aug 5, 2008
its very buetiful

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~EmbryH Jul 31, 2008
omg I love him! He looks so great, and I love the expression on his face! The blending of colors, especially in the sky, is really impressive. great job ^^

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*Shadow-Wolf Jul 31, 2008  Professional Digital Artist
Thank you! The sky colors were really fun =3
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~EmbryH Jul 31, 2008
Backgrounds are so hard for me. You do them so well! ^^

Again, the blending from cold to warm, wow.

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