Todd Sherman
• acrylic, pencil on baltic birch plywood •
This cutout is of an autumnal cat, our most common yet seldom-seen wild feline in Alaska. Their enormous furry paws offer a serious advantage in traversing the forest in our snowy winters. Snowshoe hares, another big-footed boreal animal, are its main prey. As they go, so follow the lynx. Lynx populations often grow after hare populations have surged, usually in decadal cycles. Willows are a common food source for hares, and this vegetation’s cycles, which are impacted by fires and browsing, factor greatly in hare survival rates. Lynx populations benefit or suffer accordingly. This beauty basks in the September sun on a bed of fallen foliage, unaware of these laws of nature.
TODD SHERMAN
Todd Sherman, born in the territory of Alaska, is an Emeritus Dean of the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) and Emeritus Professor of Art. He taught printmaking and other art classes for the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Art Department and served as CLA’s Dean from 2012 to 2020. He received a BA in Art from UAF and an MFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. His artwork has been shown in over 40 solo shows and well over 100 group exhibitions since 1977. His work is in private and public collections in Alaska, the U.S.A., Spain and Thailand.
