Liam.

This print captures what you can see: a black-furred bear, broad muzzle, with the only color in the image on the sweater — fuchsia and orange skulls on grey, and a geometric turquoise and yellow yoke. I created him head-on and with a clean background: on a wall he reads at a glance. In his story, a retired cook taught Liam to ferment at seventeen and left him with one sentence: what fails isn't the recipe, it's the attention. He's tasted everything before using it ever since.

Animal Kinhood is the series I've spent years using to portray dressed animals with the lives of ordinary people: someone who brews neighborhood beer, someone who makes deliveries, people who get up early. Liam is one of them, and this print lifts him out of the story and puts him in your home. As an art print, a black bear in a skull sweater looks good on a desk or in a hallway you walk through every day; the matte finish doesn't glare. If you like how it works, there are more creatures in the rest of the collection.