Double Trouble gray series The real surprise was when

The real surprise was when they looked in a nearby wooded ravine and spotted another buck with part of its rack sticking out of the snow

Numbering six million in the late 18th century

Redbuds are a rather inconspicuous tree most of the year

the national mammal of the United States

a mature buck checks the licking branch hanging over a scrape

Double Trouble gray series The real surprise was whenAt the time Double Trouble was one of only a couple of paintings to date that comes from an actual scene. I photographed the background when I was still teaching science in Ankeny and had to be at work at 7: 50 a. m. each school day. That left little time for travel so I needed to get my reference photos nearby. This particular background was photographed just a few miles west of Northview Middle School and just north of Westwood Elementary. As with