Explore Things We Carry, a Canadian bear art series by Pamela Buttazzoni featuring expressive original bear paintings and fine art reproductions about tenderness, courage, memory, and emotional weight.
Things We Carry Series – Lets start off with the “ORIGINALS”.
Canadian Bear Art Rooted in Strength, Tenderness, and Story
Things We Carry is a growing collection of Canadian bear art by Pamela Buttazzoni, created as an emotional wildlife series exploring what we hold, what we protect, and what quietly shapes us.
At first glance, these paintings are bear portraits. But beneath the fur, softness, colour, and expressive mark making, each piece carries a deeper story. The bears in this series are not painted as symbols of aggression or wilderness alone. They are painted as guardians of feeling. They carry tenderness, memory, courage, grief, hope, and the invisible emotional weight that so many people move through life with.
This series brings together Pamela’s love of Canadian wildlife, expressive mixed media, and emotionally layered storytelling. Each bear painting begins with movement, texture, and intuitive marks, then slowly builds into form through acrylic, ink, charcoal, and oil. The result is a body of work that feels both wild and deeply human.
About the Series
The Things We Carry series was born from the idea that everyone carries something.
Some burdens are visible. Others are hidden beneath softness, humour, strength, or silence. Bears became the perfect subject for this exploration because they hold so many contradictions at once. They are powerful yet tender. Solitary yet protective. Wild yet familiar. Heavy yet emotionally gentle.
In this Canadian bear art series, Pamela uses the bear as a vessel for emotional storytelling. Each artwork reflects a different kind of inner weight: the softness we carry for others, the courage it takes to keep going, the fragile hope we refuse to let go of, and the quiet strength that holds us together.
The pieces are connected through subject, feeling, scale, and atmosphere, while each painting stands on its own as a complete emotional portrait.
Fine Art Reproductions and Artful Goods from this series
Collector Statement
For Collectors
The Things We Carry series is created for collectors who are drawn to wildlife art with emotional depth. These are not traditional bear paintings focused only on realism or wilderness. They are expressive, layered works that use the bear as a symbol of tenderness, courage, protection, and quiet survival.
Each original painting is created by Pamela Buttazzoni using mixed media and oil, resulting in a richly textured surface and a one-of-a-kind presence. Fine art reproductions may also be available for select pieces, offering collectors another way to bring the emotional spirit of the series into their home.
This series is especially meaningful for those who connect with Canadian wildlife, symbolic animal art, emotional storytelling, and artwork that feels both strong and soft.