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Elusive
by Judy Larson
“If one is a wolf, the best way to
survive is to be elusive,” says Larson. “The art of survival can
depend upon how skillful one is at eluding capture, as well as how
subtle one is in one’s daily activities, making it difficult to
be detected. Unfortunately, and despite its wariness of people,
the wolf will use natural habitats like forested areas and other
settings that are in close proximity to humans. Often traveling
in the open along roads, railroads and utility corridors, the wolf
will also feed and rest where there is good visibility. Further
complicating its survival, the wolf most commonly lives in a pack,
where more than one wolf may be seen at a time. And, in the case
of states that allow the wolf to be listed as “trophy game” or as
a “predator,” or that encourage and support aerial wolf-shooting,
even the wolf that lives far from human populations can be in imminent
danger. Nevertheless, despite a shrinking habitat and, in some areas,
threats to its very existence, the wolf continues to survive and
to flourish.”
Passionately ecological, Judy Larson’s
unique artistic signature is her meticulous scratchboard technique
and “art of concealment.” Scratchboard demands exacting skill, producing
work with explicit detail and providing the opportunity to conceal
one image within another.
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