Art Alliance Contest: Bear Fairy

The Art Alliance of San Angelo (which you can find here) is hosting an art challenge open to artists of the Concho Valley. Participating artists must submit one piece of art around the theme "fairy" during the month of February - and I love this kind of challenge because of the flexibility given to the artists. I've been thinking about what I wanted to contribute for the last few days. 

I knew that I wanted to focus on an animal fairy - so much of my art centers around animal imagery. When I started thinking about what animal I could turn into a fairy I couldn't stop thinking about a bear. When I thought about my little bear I didn't want him to have big wings - I wanted him to have tiny little wings.

He's absolutely precious! I've gotten the best feedback about this piece: I've been told he reminds people of Heimlich from A Bug's Life to being asked if he's available as a print to being asked if he's on merch. 

I'd made a decision last year to stop carrying Merch in my shop, but I'm really thinking about bringing some back for this little friend. And, prints will be available soon.