The Cold-Blooded Creations art show was the weekend of Aug. 18-20th, adjunct to the National Reptile Expo in Daytona Beach, Florida. I sent 5 pictures down, including the one here, titled "Queensland Branch" of a waxy monkey treefrog, found in the Australian rainforest. It was drawn from life at a local reptile show & then I enlarged the drawing on a xerox machine to add to the painting. It's about life size.

   The man in charge of the art exhibit said my work got a lot of compliments from other artists as well as customers & he even thought 2 people were going to buy one of them. Alas, they didn't, though I have sold work at the show in the past. For me, the show is more about being counted with prestigious artists such as Carel Brest van Kempen & John Agnew, among others. Attendance was higher this year & the show seems to be growing in popularity, which is a good sign. And I've already got some ideas for next year's show.