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I really enjoy reading about archaelogy and the study of early man. It doesn't matter the country, anything that I can find, I'm interested. This includes cave peoples in Europe. The find in 1995 that is called the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in the Ardeche Valley in Southern France, named after one of the spelunkers that found the cave. It is dated to 32,000 years ago, 15,000 years older than
the famous Lascaux Cave, also in France. Anyway, my take on a cave bear, which were prominent at the time in Europe. I saw a drawing of a bear with extra long claws which influenced me. Of course, I took liberties with the color, background, etc to make it a piece of art.

A Colorado native and long-time Fort Collins resident, Bob's painting style reflects his Western Heritage yet is uniquely his own. He strives for an image that is unusual and that brings pleasure in the doing as well as in the viewing. His work is often stylized, often whimsical, always colorful and strong in design and composition. Animals, landscapes, people, history and mythology provide him a wealth of subject matter. He also produces images that are purely abstract or non-objective in nature. He works with a color palette reminiscent of the Fauvist movement and often combines both realism and abstraction in one piece. Coonts' work has been likened to abstract surrealism, realism with an abstract point of view or...