Detail: https://www.weasyl.com/submission/731307/sasquatch-as-sloth-detail

sasquatch- also known as bigfoot, the skunk ape, grass man, wood ape, skookum, honey island monster, Fouke monster, Mogollon Monster and many other regional variations.

Sasquatch us a legendary biped of North America alternately described as a hairy man or bipedal ape. It leaves tracks that look as if a giant human had been walking around the woods. It’s sometimes said to pull down and break branches to mark territory.

I went for treating sasquatch as if it was an unknown type of large sloth that ended up looking similar to great ape. Ground sloths, which could stand and walk on two feet for extended periods are plantigrade and left fossilized tracks that are somewhat similar to modern sasquatch track casts… but way bigger. So I sort of split the difference between the giant ground sloth and smaller, familiar tree sloths to get something that might have ended up rather apelike. Since there were no apes native to Americas, something occupying ecological niche might end up looking very similar. convergent evolution is cool like that!

The actual painting is quite large. acrylic on masonite. it’s almost 3’ tall!