original oil wolf wildlife animal portrait art painting "BABE IN THE WOODS" by C.A. Thompson lovely free frame Start Price USD 157.95 Current Price USD 157.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, July 12, 2008 End Time Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Location Snowflake, AZ See more about 'original oil wolf wildlife animal portrait art painting' Description ABOUT THIS PICTURE:  This is an 11x14" original oil painting on masonite board.  Gessoed 3 times,  making it archival and more durable than canvas.  It is framed in a lovely 2 1/2" frame which is free.  (Helps in the shipping and protects the picture also). This picture comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.  I have personally raised several wolves in my life and have come to respect and love these creatures.  They are absolutely one of God's most beautiful animals. ABOUT THE ARTIST:  Carole A. Thompson lived an outdoor lifestyle in several western states.  Tutoring by her artist/teacher mother prepared her for later instruction by 2 nationally known artists, one being Dee Toscano, well known artist/teacher of Cherokee Indian descent. Numerous awards and sales to private collectors encouraged and challenged her creativity.  Carole has displayed and sold many works of art in the plains states and California.  One of these states was Montana where she had paintings in the Big Sky Gallery and the Yellowstone Art Center.  She moved to California where she had showings privately  and for the  "Daughters of the American Revolution, " These were of her native american paintings. The late actress and broadway star, Ethyl Merman saw and purchased one of her paintings and placed it in her New York apartment and also placed it into the Architectural Digest, as part of her personal collection.  Carole sold other paintings to prominent people and this encouraged her to keep on studying and painting. Carole's world, as she knew it, collapsed when her mother became ill and bedridden. She then made the choice of either continuing on with her painting, or giving her mother the care she needed in her home.  She did this for years until her mom passed on.  During this time,  something happened that was unexpected.  She was given several little wolf cubs to raise  and care for. This was a real blessing, as many of the photos she took turned out to be much of the material she uses to this day for her paintings. Carole lives near several Native American indian reservations and she is learning much about many of the tribes in Arizona.  She paints in oils, pastels and acrylics.  She is versatile in that she paints much of the wildlife the has seen in her life, as well as her own wolves, which she has naturally been very close to for many years. Place a Bid!