This is a painting in acrylics of a Russian Fox nestled among some turquoise lichen and violet-colored tree bark.

Another one of my cigar box pieces in acrylics atop a collaged photograph of tree bark with lichen.

Painting of a rabbit profile in acrylics atop a collaged photograph of tree bark.

This is a "flying fox" (bat) in acrylics painted onto the collaged surface of a photograph of tree bark.

This is one in a series of woodland animals I painted for an Open Studios exhibit in Oakland. The moon is one of my bark photographs which I used as the background for the moon.

This is a painting of a barn owl in acrylicsalong with a cut up collaged background photograph of tree bark.

These are two sweet downy woodpeckers painted in acrylics on top of a background of a photograph of some lichen. The backgroundwas collaged onto the top of a cigar box.

This is another bird I painted for my cigar box series using acrylic paints but this time only using a lid as the canvas.

This is another bird I painted for my cigar box series using only the lid this time.

This is another bird I painted for my cigar box series using the lid as the canvas.

This is a sweet bear I painted onto a cigar box incorporating one of my tree bark photographs as the background. This is one in a series of cigar box woodland animals.

This gentle buck is another one of my cigar box paintings which I made for Open Studios in Oakland. The background is one of my tree bark photographs used as the background.