Animarii no.2: Squirrel - The Keeper of What Will Be Found · Original Oil Painting

Original oil painting on professional watercolour sheet. 9x12 inches. Painted with oils and accented with hand-applied variegated copper foil on the cosmic nut and eye. Varnished and ready to ship flat in a rigid protective mailer.

She is the unexpected mystic of the Animarii series. Small in form, vast in foresight: the cosmic squirrel sits at the intersection of ancient earth wisdom and galactic patience, her variegated copper eye holding the knowing of a creature who has been carrying the seeds of the future since long before we had language for what seeds become. The foil shifts from deep bronze to warm gold depending on the angle and the light — treasure that reveals itself differently the closer you look.

This painting is part of Animarii, a 12-piece series of original oil paintings on professional watercolour sheet by British-Californian artist Rebecca Papillon.

Medium: Oil on professional watercolour sheet. The paper is sealed before painting and worked in highly lightfast pigment oils. 9x12 inches. All original paintings are signed by the artist.

The painted image area is 9x12 inches. The sheet is trimmed to 10x13 inches, leaving a white border for ease of handling and mounting.

Sold unframed. The framed mock-up shown is for scale and framing inspiration only.

Framing guidance

This piece frames beautifully in any standard frame with a 9x12 inch mat aperture. We recommend a 16x20 inch frame as the primary option — this gives a generous, gallery-standard mat with weighted spacing (slightly more border at the bottom than the top and sides, which is correct fine art framing convention). A 14x18 inch frame with the same 9x12 inch aperture works well for a closer, more intimate presentation. Both options are widely available. The 10x13 inch sheet fits comfortably within either frame with room for mounting.

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