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Fabric paints, oil sticks and charcoal on satin and cotton. Machine stitched, appliquéd and quilted.
61 x 41 inches.
(Note: Black background is not part of the artwork. Velcro is attached to the back of the piece for mounting.)
$5000
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This is one of a series of quilts Nancy Erickson has made portraying members of the world famous Toklat wolf pack in Alaska's Denali National Park. The pack was the first group of wolves ever studied in the wild, but it has suffered serious losses in recent years. Tragically, many Denali wolves ave been trapped and killed when they wander just outside the boundaries of the park, where they are fair game. The last remaining member of another of the park's packs was killed in this way in 2002, and the last adult members of the Toklat Pack are gone now too.
Nancy Erickson comments, "I'll be calling Friends of Animals about the Toklat wolf pack. Dr. Gordon Haber documented the demise of the alpha male and female for them, and I think was going to try to keep track of the teenaged offspring; there were four, but no guiding adult to help raise them. So the last photo I saw, they were together, running, but without adults. I imagine that the study started back in the l930's is over, though. Wolves are so social, and so loyal to one another, and when they howl together...well, you know: it is another dimension."
Click here to read more about the Toklat wolves.
Detail, Patience
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