Friday, September 14, 2007

Poison Dart Frog

Yellow Dart Frog
acrylic, 4" by 5"

Frogs are always fun to paint - their beautiful eyes, the interesting colors and textures of their skin, and the amazing poses they can get those long legs into, make them enjoyable to watch and to draw. Of them all, the poison dart frogs of South America have some of the most incredible colors and patterns to be found on a vertebrate. This one caught my eye on a recent visit to a zoo.

Much as I like looking at them, I must admit I'm glad they don't live around here. Hard to believe something so small could be so deadly! I'm glad our local frogs, while not so spectacularly colored, are non toxic.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well said.