Écureuil mendiant sur feuille d’argent - Begging squirrel on silver leaf

This piece came from me wanting to make a small painting for a small frame I had that is gilded with silver. I then thought of what could fill a silver gild panel I would make, and I have been going through a park to get to work walking, and recently the squirrels have been getting close to people, since their hibernation was coming, maybe wanting to get food from people. I took a few snaps at different dates of them being cute, and got a shot I liked that I thought would be perfect for this! It’s done on an aluminium panel that is 12.5 inches by 7 inches with oil paint and genuine silver leaf.