30" x 30" x 1.5"

Oil on wood

Black floating frame

Elk sleep in dark timber during the day and rise and come out to graze grass growing amongst the sage during the late afternoon. They then sleep in the sage at night and rise the next morning as soon as sunlight touches their hide. Their hair is hollow and sunlight bounces around inside their hair shafts warming the animal. Hollow hair helps keep them warm in winter but hot in the summer season. They move themselves to higher elevation in the summer to avoid the heat at lower elevations. Bulls and cows are found together during the Fall rut.