"Busted!!!" (Whitetail) 3-1/2" x 10-1/2" gouache on presentation board

Starting a new one...small, long panoramic...view

of Croal Creek in a southern area of WI...a frosty fall

morning frost on grasses, small tag alders, tree

branches...and walking is crunch, crunch, crunch...

then...you look up...thinking you've been sneaky

and clever, and there stands a buck of a life time,

a huge drop tined massie racked whitetail 5-6

years old.  He's been watching you...now that 

you've seen him, YOU ARE BUSTED!!!  

Busted means...in seconds he's gone.  You'll

never see him again.  He is the wiser for the

 encounter...you got your number!

The piece is small...the deer's body will be

hidden for the most part...the head as though

blending into branches.  The astute will see

him...the inexperienced would never know

they had been watched.

Click on image to see larger view... and, I'll
post on this one again when finished...