'Kodiak Cubs' is part of a series of Animal paintings I made during an artist residency aboard the Azamara Cruise from Vancouver to Alaska, 2019. My approach was similar to the Wild Bird series where the paintings start with energetic mark making, adding only enough detail to bring the forms to life. In this case I wanted the beginning marks to have a strong sense of play and complete freedom, as if a child had made them. The bear cubs shapes are defined using graphic lines and blocks of colour.