LE TRAVAILLEUR (the worker)  - 60” X 40” - Acrylic and mixed media on canvas. This personalized piece was painted for a small family from Philadelphia who has “a pied à terre” in the charming city of Montréal. In the past I have painted a multitude of owls, moose, cows, horses, pigs, roosters, cats, dogs and several fish. Today, I am proud to unveil my own version of a beaver. For this family, this famous rodent describes a page of our Canadian history. In fact, the beaver became the official emblem of Canada in 1975. Embedded within the layers of…