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​The Bears of Katmai Series

Katmai National Park and Preserve is an American national park encompassing nearly 6,400 square miles of the Alaska Peninsula. Its vast wilderness includes tundra, forests, rivers, lakes and mountains. The park is home to one of the most significant populations of brown bears that congregate in its rivers when the sockeye salmon are spawning. In 2019, Sue travelled to Katmai in order to see the Grizzly bears in person. Her days were spent on the banks of Geographic Harbor and Kinak Bay while the bears feasted just a few feet away. That experience formed the basis of her series entitled The Bears of Katmai.

Caught, 2021 (Oil on Canvas, 61cm x 76cm)

River Watch II, 2021 (Oil on Canvas, 61cm x 46cm)

River Watch I, 2021 (Oil on Canvas, 61cm x 46cm)

Kodiak Grizzly I, 2020 (Oil on Canvas, 61cm x 46cm)

Among the Kittiwakes, 2020 (Oil on Canvas, 41cm x 51 cm)

Chasing Salmon, 2020 (Oil on Canvas, 77cm x 61cm)

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The Bears of Hudson Bay Series

Churchill, Manitoba, on the edge of Hudson Bay, is one of the largest polar bear denning regions in the world. By late fall each year, it is an area where multitudes of bears congregate to wait for the ice to redevelop, providing the crucial frozen link to their hunting grounds. In 2018, Sue travelled to Churchill to witness the bears up close. Her experiences on the tundra led to her series entitled The Bears of Hudson Bay.

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