Elk Lifescape - Steve Spencer

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elk, nature, wildlife, lifescape, seasons of a elk's life

Title:

Elk Lifescape

Artist:

Steve Spencer

Medium:

Pastel - Pencil On Paper

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Description:

I found the skull and antlers of this bull in the remnants of an avalanche. Both antlers were broken apart and the skull was seperated into thirds. A testament to the violence of the avalanche. Years later, I used the reconstructed skull as my model for a tribute to a portion of the life story that pivots around any bull elk; birth, nurturing, the summer of life, and the urge to procreate and insure the immortality of his genetics inspite of the coming decline and death of a great animal. The cycle finds completion through the years of life, and even though it has an end; something profound lives on.

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