This oil painting, titled Chicago Bear, depicts a wild, roaring bear with a natural landscape integrated into its body. The bear’s form features a river winding through golden fields and mountains, blending into a cityscape below, suggesting a connection between nature and urban life. The bold purples and blues in the surrounding environment contrast beautifully with the warmer tones of the landscape merging into the bear’s fur, creating a striking, dynamic composition. If you observe for a moment, you start to realize the background is the same scene and the landscape within the bear.