Curious Raccoon by Lyla Paakkanen

Lyla Paakkanen

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Proceeds Support:
Proceeds support DreamCorps, a social justice accelerator founded by Van Jones that advances economic, environmental, and criminal justice solutions. 1200 Posters was one of Creative Action Network's first campaigns, originally inviting 12 up-and-coming artists to illustrate 1 of 12 quotes about community, conversation and collaboration from Margaret Wheatley's text "Turning to One Another".

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Design By: Lyla Paakkanen
Lyla Paakkanen

Lyla Paakkanen lives in Sacramento, where the Pony Express ended its route. She is a freelance artist and illustrator, has a Master’s Degree in Art from CSUN, Communications Design from UCLA. She taught art at 5 colleges and has won many awards in California and Colorado for her work.

 

Design By: Lyla Paakkanen
Lyla Paakkanen

Lyla Paakkanen lives in Sacramento, where the Pony Express ended its route. She is a freelance artist and illustrator, has a Master’s Degree in Art from CSUN, Communications Design from UCLA. She taught art at 5 colleges and has won many awards in California and Colorado for her work.

 

Artist Statement

I had originally drawn this image after I had discovered raccoons climbing over the fence at night to eat the cat food that I was leaving out for the feral cats. We live in an urban area, and we have seen skunks, turkeys and raptors in the area, but I had never seen raccoons. I heard a racket outside and went to investigate. I found three raccoons climbing over the fence and spilling over the bowls of food as they hurried to eat. I felt grateful to have seen them, but I not longer leave food out at night. — Lyla Paakkanen