I painted this pair of black tailed deer strolling down a street and stopping to inspect the shrubs of a house in a typical Victoria deer nonchalant fashion. I wanted to have the warm abstract background replace any sign of pavement or a street so while recognize houses the scene still feels wild.

The foreground of the urban wildlife acrylic painting “House Deer” shows a Vancouver Island deer painted in realistic detail as she inspects a deer-resistant Barberry or Barberis shrub. The back and feet of the deer fade into the painterly brushed landscape giving an effect of transparent realms of existence.