This is my newest painting. It's a luna moth chased by an Eastern small-footed myotis, North America's smallest bat. Since they are nearly the same size, I titled it "Ambition", since the bat may have over-reached himself. A small work, 14 x 11 inches, acrylic on canvas panel. I really liked the idea of dark brown & green on a purple background.

    I completed it in time to enter EBSQ's online Insect show, which runs the month of April. There's no chance of anyone even seeing it, as there are more than 100 entries. The most popular subject being dragonflies. There's a number of spiders in the show, which is zoologically incorrect, since technically, spiders aren't insects, but arachnids. Quibble, quibble.

    This particular painting isn't going to be popular, but there's more to the animal kingdom than cute & furry. Besides these creatures are fascinating in their own way & perhaps I might open someone's eyes to that by painting such unusual subjects.