About this Painting

Title - “Resting Place”

From Kathryn: “Years later, the deer returns to the forest floor, where it is entered back into the nutrient cycle by the work of forest decomposers.  This piece celebrates fungi and their important role in the life cycle. “ Read about the other 7 paintings in the series here.

This is a listing for the original. Original painting is acrylic on canvas, 16”x20” with 0.75” canvas depth.

This painting is signed in paint at the bottom right corner by the artist, and on the back with the artist’s custom aspen leaf stamp. The edges are painted to match, so you can hang it without a frame.

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About this Species

Much artistic license was taken with the Forest Floor series, and composition often won out over botanical accuracy, However, here are a few of the species Kathryn chose to honour in this painting:

Deer 

These large, herbivorous mammals have adapted to a wide range of habitats in north America.  Their four stomachs are adapted to forage for many different plants and fungi that humans are unable to eat. After their death, their bodies give back nutrients and cover to a wide range of species on the forest floor.

Deer Fern

This low-growing fern is native to the Pacific Northwest, and is an important winter foraging food for the deer of the coastal areas.

Red Huckleberry

This evergreen shrub has small delicate rounded leaves, and produces bright red berries which are eaten by many forest species in the summer and fall.    

Fly Agaric Mushroom

Amanita muscaria grows in many deciduous and coniferous forests in the Pacific Northwest.  Its distinctive red mushroom caps are speckled with white.  Although beautiful, it is poisonous and hallucinogenic to humans. 

Coralroot Orchid

These pink and white orchid flowers do not photosynthesize like most plants - they instead use nutrients from mycorrhyzal fungi, in a process known as myco-heterotrophy.  As a result of this process, the strange, beautiful Corallorhiza flowers have never been successfully cultivated and can only be enjoyed on the forest floor.  

All images remain copyright © Kathryn Beals.