FERDINAND by Greg Beecham. Bison bison.

Print released 1998

 

This is the slightly whimsical side of one of this country's most talented painters of wildlife. Beecham has taken the children's tale about a peaceful bull who'd rather sniff flowers than fight, and applied it to the North American buffalo. This monstrous creature delicately munches prairie flowers and turns to look at us as if to say: "Care to join me? The prairie clover is delicious!"