Title: Ralph Oberg (1950- ), Above it All?
Medium: oil on linen
Dimensions: 42 x 42
Frame dimensions: 50.75 x 50.75 x 2 AF

This depicts the Nannies and their kids in spring when she is still losing her old winter coat, but the newly minted kids are pure white. One of their major predators when they are so small is the Golden Eagle who hopes to catch the little ones separated from their mothers even briefly. On the cliffs they are safe from Grizzlies, but a target for the Eagle. They will attempt to either grab the kids, or haze them off the cliff. But the little ones stay close to mom's sturdy defenses, and are quickly such sure footed mountaineers that it is rare that one falls. Still, those first several months of life are a challenge for Mother and baby.

signed lower left: oberg. verso: titled, signed, dated