"In April 2024 we visited the Dover-Foxcroft area to view the total solar eclipse.  On the way home we passed Low's Bridge -- one of the few remaining covered bridges in Maine.  Months later, when considering ideas for my third painting in my new "Wildlife Series", I conceived of the idea of showing a bear drinking from the river with this bridge in the background.  Because the purpose of the painting was to depict the wildlife in its surroundings, the bear is only a small part of the painting.