"Autumn Foxfire" by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law

'...The fox leapt off the bed in a blur of motion. She whipped her tail around, and between one blink of the eye and the next, it was no longer a russet fox that crouched on the floor, but a woman-goddess fierce to gaze upon. She stood slowly, gracefully. Now, the Emperor had seen carvings and paintings of Liri, as I am sure you have. Sometimes she is depicted as an innocuous little fox. At other times she is a warrior of fiery hair and will. And then there is her third form - Liri of the Wood. In this form she is all that is wild. She is hidden desire whether it be passion for love or passion to kill. She is a Trickster, a Scholar, a Musician, and a Lover....' (Story of mine you'll find in the Wyvern's library.)

So, it's been months since I first began this painting. About 30 hours of work, 20x28 inches on illustration board. But in between life, and other more pressing projects with deadlines, all personal paintings were temporarly put off. So I was very happy to finally be able to sit down and complete this painting last week. All the little foxes were quite fun to do. My personal favorite is the lower left guy. He's folding paper cranes. =) (Ursula, that one is YOUR fault). And there's one of them with glasses reading LotR, but no one will probably ever be able to see that except in the original. Anyway, details here: http://www.shadowscapes.com/details/lirid.shtml. Thanks Syl for the help in finding fox pictures!