bear,oil on canvas 20x16,unframed This wonderful creature resides in one of Tennessee’s zoos. While weather is scorching during the summer months the bears have to hunt for shade in their stone arenas. Once the shelter, a man made tent, is completely filled with the burley bears the others must search else where. One lonely bear finds a cliff overhang offering a shadowy escape from the heat. Throwing up his paws in victory he savors the cool stone rubbing against his sun warmed body.