Enlightened Animal Tapestries

Through raindrops streaming down a window, in a late afternoon cooling rain shower, a golden rainbow lights the sky behind the silhouette of a hovering hummingbird awaiting a turn at an overbooked hanging feeder. Jemez Mountains, northern New Mexico. Photography + Photoshop/On1/Topaz Digital Effects

Perfectly camouflaged in the dry grass, a rare and elusive horned lizard sits alert and motionless under a creosote bush in the desert southwest of Socorro, New Mexico. Also known as horny toads and horned toads, these fascinating and beautiful lizards used to be plentiful throughout the desert southwest, but sadly, and despite protective legislation, horned lizard populations are in rapid decline, their numbers dwindling for a variety of reasons, including loss of habitat, human eradication of ant populations, proliferation of fire ant populations, overuse of pesticides and herbicides, and removal from their natural environment in likely unsuccessful attempts to make pets. Photography + Digital Painting Effects

A vibrantly colored Spiraletta Fluttertail butterfly, featuring uplifting wing curls and popular patterns, swoops lightly over a sprightly grey mandala flower with tapering petals and complementary ripples and spiraling loops. Pencil Drawing + Astute Graphics/Illustrator Tracing & Coloring + Photoshop Digital Effects

A pretty large grasshopper on a pretty unlucky sunflower, enjoying a midday snack. Photography + Photoshop/On1 Digital Effects

A lone reindeer with a predictably red nose and beautiful green eyes pauses in its journey across a vast wintry landscape, stopping to enjoy the blissfully silent snowballs falling from a labyrinthian blue sky. Pencil Drawing + Illustrator / Photoshop Painting & Digital Effects

A wise and thoughtful stripey gifting goat with a festive turquoise bow stands perfectly balanced in a broadly branching Bonsai Christmas Pine strung with miniature yellow goat head lights, poised to divvy up a generous gift of baled hay among his holiday visitors. Pencil Drawing + Illustrator/Astute Graphics Tracing, Coloring, & Digital Effects

In the aftermath of a raging forest fire, a hummingbird perches at the tip of a Ponderosa Pine tree branch, in silhouette against the rising sun in a choking smoke-filled sky. Photography + Photoshop/On1/Topaz Digital Effects

Looking this way and that, Ole Paintbucket contemplates stepping forward across the lush green summer fields of striated hump grasses. In the distance, a dramatic midnight blue sky highlights a grove of tall skinny whiffle trees swaying gently in the breeze. Pencil Drawing + Astute Graphics/Illustrator Tracing & Coloring + Photoshop/Filter Forge Effects

A fluffy spiral-fleece sheep stands politely under a sunny twig tree, with a beautifully wrapped best gift of all… another sheep! A light sprinkling of snow lays upon the ground near a winter-proof pasture of delicious green grass, and small puffy clouds float distantly by, while one large snowflake hovers pretentiously in the sky. Pencil Drawing + Astute Graphics/Illustrator Tracing, Coloring, & Digital Effects

Sitting in the grass on a brilliant bright confetti-sky sunny day, a large ladybug shares her ample supply of black spots with a small giraffe who has an extra long space to fill and a dwindling supply of brick shapes, one of which he happily gives to his generous friend. Pencil Drawing + Astute Graphics/Illustrator Tracing, Coloring, & Digital Effects

Feisty prancing carousel horses in splashes of bright color and swirling motion. Photography + Image Blending & Digital Effects

Embrace inner peace with our Zen Lion, radiating calm power in a tranquil yoga pose. Perfect for the mindful and the mighty.

A five-toed banded diamond tail special head gecko with orange footie hands and a long spiraling tail careening out beyond its spotty interior hides carefully among the dark flowers.