Really, He posed for you?

 At the Kaziuko Mugė last weekend in Vilnius, one of the questions asked by a visitor at our booth was about the painting, “Memories of Yellowstone”; “Did that bear pose for you?” of course it was asked in the spirit of good humor. But the interest was there. The partial answer to that question was “yes, he did.“ The grizzly that modeled for this painting lives at the Olympic Game Farm in Sequim Washington. He is actually a retired movie star, no kidding! And he will pose for you. I also modeled a small bear "bust" out on non-hardening clay so I could get the position and lighting I was looking for. I saw a few grizzlies in the wild during my Yellowstone days but I never had the courage to ask one to pose for me.