Here's looking at you!
What else! A raccoon peeking out of his home from a knothole in a tree. Joan was inspired by, who knows where she found this knothole. So, viola, she comes up with or imagines a raccoon peering out from this natural knothole. This inspired POM #9 “Raccoon” (see Patterns list of POM’s). I had forgotten this object d’arte until I saw it on my son Larry’s wall the other day. I thought it would be interesting to share in a blog with my painters.
This POM was one of Joans most wanted and had to be reprinted. We decided to accommodate painters with a replica of the knot hole, so had a mold made and made reproductions of the knothole for sale. They seemed to go together. I have no idea how many we sold, but if you have a friend who has one with a raccoon peeking out, you have “the story”. If you decide to paint “Raccoon”, sorry, you have to find your own knothole.
Howard