Spectacled Bear Art Print, Signed Limited Edition Watercolor

A spectacled bear looking at you with a faint smile, the only bear of South America, named for the pale rings round its eyes. I painted the rings and muzzle in orange and peach and the black coat in turquoise, cobalt and violet, in long strokes that run off the bottom of the sheet in drips. It is a portrait format. This is the bear that inspired Paddington, who came from darkest Peru. The bears of the world chart has all eight species.

The original watercolor painting is listed separately: see the original spectacled bear painting.

Why it is a limited edition

Each print is made in an edition of 150, and I sign and number every copy in pencil under the image. The edition is small so that every copy can be made properly: the file is scanned from the painting itself, printed on museum-quality cotton paper with archival pigment inks, compared with the original in daylight and corrected until the colours match, and only then signed. When the last copy is sold, the edition closes for good.

Paper, inks and sizes

• Archival pigment inks on acid-free, museum-quality watercolor paper, so the texture of the original is kept
• Framed canvas options in a black wooden frame, ready to hang
• 15 sizes, from 8 x 10 in (20 x 26 cm) to 40 x 55 in (100 x 140 cm)
• Small sizes ship flat in rigid cardboard, large sizes rolled in a hard tube, worldwide with tracking

The frame is not included unless the option says Framed Canvas. Not sure which size fits your wall? Write to me with the width of the furniture under it and I will suggest one. Reproduction rights remain with the artist.