The Spirit Of Play by romanceworks
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Description
Once upon a cold winter day
Two unlikely creatures
A polar bear and a husky
Met in the most enchanted way
Forgetting differences and fear
They came together
In the spirit of play.
Credits:
The story is true. One day in November, a Canadian male polar bear appeared out of the snow and walked toward a group of ten chained huskies. All the dogs barked wildly, except for one, who remained quiet and curious. Instead of hurting the dogs, the bear rolled over on its back to show the non-barking husky he wanted to be friends. It took about 20 minutes for the dog to warm up to the big bear and when it did they came together in the spirit of play. For a week the bear returned every day at the same time to play with the husky, and even brought three more bears. The enchanted moment was captured by wildlife photographer Norbert Rosling in these amazing shots. I used the photos for reference, and painted the scene in Photoshop, also using a painted worlds background by Pen_Is_Envy.
Wishing all my R'osity friends the happiest New Year
filled with friendships, lots of play, and many enchanted moments.
CC
Comments (74)
Loveheart
Let me be the first to say: WOW! Great work!
sylki
I recognised these scenes immediately, I have seen the photo's before. Beautiful picture and composition, awesome artwork!!!!
larparmit
Thank you so much for sharing that true story with us, its absolutely lovely, so is your picture!
TheAnimaGemini
Wonderful Carol. Beautiful artwork. Wish you happy new year too. :)
janedj
Fantastic and beautiful image!!!Hugs Jane
Silke
Great Image :)
Surama
Fantastic image!
j-art
OMG, this is AWESOME!!!!! A happy new year to you as well my dear friend.
efron_241
It is making me sad as the snow and ice is dissapearing due to stupidity the bears will soon be without food I makes me feel down .. and like written.. very very sad stupid humans who destroy it all .. and the children who have no bears and huskies to play with. they will ask their parents how the generations of 2000 could have destroyed the world. good mixed medium.. but I am ultra sad here
Kinouk
Awwwwwwwwww the coming together :) I have the same feeling as efron. It is a sad thing that is happening to our world. Outstanding Carol!! Happy New Year, sweetie!
sessan53
Very, very great work. Lovely:-)hugs sessan
oiram
wow .great.
BBarbs
Thats an amazing story Carol. Really surprising such a thing could happen. Your painting wonderfully depicts the playfulness of these two. Such an adorable story !!! Excellent painting and story !
disneyfabfive
This is just breathtaking WOW I can't tell you how much I love this
Petra-S
Wonderful image...wie Du das nur immer so schön hinbekommst!
ToniDunlap
Absolutely Wonderful!!!!
LudyMelltSekher
My dear friend. A sensational, beautiful work, very well done!! Congratulations and thousand stars ***** Happy end of year and Wonderful New Year!!! We will meet in 2008. Congratulations, Peace and Love! Luminous blesing. Ludy
pixels29
fantastic and wonderful painting, congratulations and happy new year !
Turtle
Carol, I love this. It's so wonderful, Happy New year to you too. Hugz to you.
tcombs
You have so much feeling in your paintings. Just lovely!
Santel
thanks so much...both the story and your wonderful work are so inspiring!
rockets
This is so incredibly fantastic, I'm at a loss for words! Wonderful artist skills Carol and the fact that it's a true story makes it even more beautiful! Happy New Year to you also!
venerella
Your artwork is always something stunning to look at ;=) Hope you had a good Christmas day Carol, and wishing you a good end of this Year... Hard to say, but wishing you a good New Year. hugz
npauling
A magical story, the bears must have been lonely or something. It would have been great to see. I love your work here they look such a happy group and you have them looking nice and cuddly.
bpclarke
Very unique and beautiful piece of work. Gorgeous colors and excellent composition. Bunny
Digimon
Awesome Carol!! Love this!
pops
WOW-this is gorgeous
DMWVCS
Thank you for sharing thses awesome pics, art, and story!!! Animals could teach us humans a thing or two!!! David W
kansas
Excellent artwork. I heard about this factual event and was amazed.
jif3d
Ueber-kool and cute ! I remember seeing this story on the web, you have made this your own with your unique digital painting style ! Brill stuff Carol, LOL & ~Cheers~ :o)