It's been awhile since I created a full color piece (a whole year to be exact), but the crazy is finally dying down and I was able to finally get around to coloring to this lovely creature.

My depiction of Aenocyon dirus, the newly re-classified dire wolf. It was discovered that dire wolves were their own canid species (much like the dhole or maned wolves) and not related to wolves at all. Scientists hypothesize that they were likely red in color with larger ears and bushy tails much like "a really large coyote". I decided to go with a hybridization of the dhole, maned wolf, and wolf/coyote pelt and markings. The necklace consists of a megalodon tooth, two American lion fangs, abalone shell, Larimar beads, and green turquoise beads.

Watercolor and colored pencil on 9 X 12 smooth Bristol paper.

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