"Grizzly 399 & Her Cubs" vertical print the madonna 24”x24” original oil on panel

24”x24” original oil on panel

individually inked and printed by me on printmaking paper

and printed in house on unbleached mulberry paper

There is springtime in my soul today

individually inked

"Grizzly 399 & Her Cubs" vertical print the madonna 24”x24” original oil on panelMaybe once in a lifetime an animal like this appears and her mere presence seems to galvanize everything. An icon of motherhood. An emblem of wildness. A sentient creature who has taught us new ways to think about others of her kind. 399 summons us together at a time when so much of the natural world is at loose ends and falling apart.Thomas D. Mangelsen Grizzly 399 was a beloved momma bear roaming Teton National Park and Bridger Teton National