Parachuting Beaver (2024) Linocut by Laurel Macdonald

Back in the 50's, Idaho's Fish and Game wanted to get rid of some beavers bothering people in McCall. And they had a bunch of WWII parachutes. So, they dropped the beavers by parachute into the River of No Return Wilderness area.

I drew this image of Geronimo, the practice beaver, parachuting into the river. I love his face. He looks like he's apprehensive about his landing!

I drew the image onto linoleum, carved it out, printed the raised image onto paper, and colored it in with watercolor and gouache.

Materials used:

linoleum, carving tools, printing paper and ink, watercolor and gouache

Details:

• Linocut on Paper
• Size: 15 x 15 x 0.25" (unframed) / 13 x 13" (actual image size)
• Signed and numbered on the front
• Style: Illustrative
• Subject: Animals and birds
• Hurry, only 1 left in stock

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