Saturday, May 11, 2013

Like a Beaver 2013-W19

Like a beaver, today I am busy.  Probably too busy to paint.  A few weeks back, though, I had to make two paintings in a single sitting — one of which I held in reserve for today.  Also like a beaver, today's subject capybara is a rodent.  The biggest, in fact.  Beavers are #2 in heft but possibly try harder than capybaras, which eat grass instead of chewing down trees.  Unfortunately for the vegetarian capybara, it seems they are the favorite food of jaguars and (gulp) anacondas.  Finally, during my prep work for the (so-so) painting, I was fascinated to discover that the Spanish word for capybara is in fact carpincho and not capybara.  So maybe you can win a bar bet with that, regardless of whether or not you enjoy the painting.  Peace!



Yo Soy un Gran Carpincho

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