To Be a Bat
"To Be a Bat" is inspired by the grammar of animacy, as expressed in author Robin Wall Kimmerer's book Braiding Sweetgrass. The bat shown here represents the California Myotis, (Myotis californicus), one of the native bat species in San Mateo County, CA. For more information, see my "To Be" Artist Statement at www.lynetteinthestudio.com/to-be-statement.html. Acrylic on canvas. (For zoom: click on gray box with four arrows.)