Kita at Long Lake (colored pencil, 2010) [cropped] © Dane Aleksander

Kita at Long Lake (colored pencil, 2010) [cropped]

April 2012

Nakita

—wildlife painter in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

My best friend for thirteen wonderful years, Nakita remains an inspiration. Here are some of the moments I have captured and cherished most.

Nakita (graphic pencil, 2011) [compilation] © Dane Aleksander

Nakita (graphic pencil, 2007-2011) [compilation]

Kita at Long Lake (graphic pencil, 2006) © Dane Aleksander

Kita at Long Lake (graphic pencil, 2006) [9 × 12]

Kita at Long Lake (colored pencil, 2010) © Dane Aleksander

Kita at Long Lake (colored pencil, 2010) [9 × 12]

Nakita at Long Lake, 2005 © Dane Aleksander

Nakita at Long Lake, 2005

Hold On (graphic pencil, 2012) © Dane Aleksander

Hold On (graphic pencil, 2012) [9 × 12]

“For long you live and high you fly, and smiles you give, and tears you'll cry. And all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.” — Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon ‘Breath (In the Air)’, 1973

Dane and Nakita, 2008 [compilation] © Dane Aleksander

Dane and Nakita, 2008