Mom and Me

I love Bjossa so so much, an K'yosha was such a little darling, shame she didn't live long :[ Bjossa was born in Iceland, and was captured and sold to the Vancouver Aquarium. While there, she lived with Hyak 2 and Finna. K'yosha's father was Hyak 2, but he died before she was born. K'Yosha only lived for a couple of months before she died of malnutrition, and lived longer than any of Bjossa's other calves. Bjossa id not produce enough milk to feed her calves, resulting in the Vancouver Aquarium trying to hand rear K'yosha but it sadly did not keep her alive. She was an Icelandic/Southern Resident hybrid. Bjossa had one more calf after K'yosha with Finna, that died literally seconds after it's birth and never even took it's first breath. When Finna passe away, Bjossa was left alone until she was eventually transferred to Seaworld San Diego, where she grew close to Corky, and Sumar. Her and Corky acted as Sumar's mother. After a few months at Seaworld, Bjossa's respiratory disease [one of the reasons she was transferred to Seaworld] took a turn for the worst, and she passed away at the age of about 24. 

RIP darlings!

Also my scanner has an ugly streak running through Bjossa, it's not actually on the painting though!
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This is a part of my mom an calf series 
Other installments:

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corkyii.deviantart.com/art/Tak…
corkyii.deviantart.com/art/Kis…