Essentials Cafe

painted in oils with image luminance and paper texture applied for effect

It always amazes me how little critters just blend right into their surroundings for protection so they can do their job. This one is doing his job to perfection. He deserves this great portrait.

The simplicity and color give this more interest than any other technique I can imagine. And Tolouse, you crack me up!

[quote user="Cynthia Green"] You also must get sung to sleep every night. Beware of children creeping into your yard. There used to be frogs around here but they were all wiped out suddenly. Quite alarming how fragile ecosystems are. Glad to see you have some nice green friends. Nice painting too. [/quote] they do sing quite a lot during the...

a lovely artwork - when I lived on the coast I once waded out and rescued an injured gull tumbling in the surf, it had got caught up in some fishing line and injured its wing, so I tucked it under my arm and marched home, calling into the fishmonger on the way for some seagull take-away, I fixed the wing, fed the bird, and went to bed. The bird jumped...