The Otters Are Back

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Artist's Comments

River otters returned to Yosemite recently, after a long absence and I thought them a fitting subject for the next painting in my series of animals of Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada mountains. The Merced River snakes down the middle of Yosemite Valley and serves a vital role in the ecosystem, moving water from the melting ice of higher elevations through the valley and down into the San Joaquin, while providing necessary hydration to the fauna and foliage along the way. Venturing below the surface of the Merced is seldom visually documented, which encouraged me to submerge.