Polar Bear Cub Painting Monet its sharp ridge catching the

its sharp ridge catching the last warm light against a sky of burning orange and rose

threading between banks of vivid emerald moss that blanket boulders

their rounded leaves painted in fresh sage and olive

The painting carries the open freshness of the Low Countries in bloom

Polar Bear Cub Painting Monet its sharp ridge catching theSitting upright in fresh snow, a young polar bear cub gazes straight out of the picture with round dark eyes and a small button nose. Soft washes of cornflower and ice blue pool behind him to suggest a frozen thicket, where slender bare branches are drawn in with the lightest touch of grey. Flakes of white are flicked across the paper, some caught mid fall against the deeper blue, and the wet edges of the watercolour bleed gently so the cub's fluffy