Can you find the camouflaged images in artist Judy Larson s paintings? Each painting has a hidden image, and the accompanying text will give you clues. Often the concealed image is of a companion animal or Indian and sometimes it is the spirit of someone or something that shares the same fate; for example, an Alaskan wolf might be hidden inside the painting of a wild horse, and both have been hunted to near extinction. A great bald eagle the spirit of freedom is hidden within a wild horse. Other paintings tell Native American legends with their hidden picture-within-a-picture.
Two themes converge in these pictures and stories: the precarious plight of endangered wildlife, and the fate of Native Americans whose harmony with the natural world children continue to study and honor.
The artist s spectacular scratchboard painting technique is perfect for telling stories within stories and portraying the beauty of the wilderness and the wild animals who call it home. "