Blue Bellied Fence Lizard in Breeding Colors Canvas Print

I watched this western fence lizard chasing an unwilling female around my back yard. normally a browinsh black color, this romantic gent is sporting the rarey seen "breeding colors' used to attract a mate. i guess he was just not colorful enough as his intended sweetheart ran away. he was very wary and i had to stalk him very slowly to get this exposure taken with a 300 mm lens at f5.6 at 1/500 second.

Member of the International Guild Of Realism. Inducted into the Grumbacher Artist Hall Of Fame. ARTIST STATEMENT 'My aim is to provide the visual stimulus to reconnect with nature, to renew body, mind and spirit through the imagery that I capture of the natural world with brushes and paint and through my camera lens. I hope that you find an image in my collections that will enhance your life." ABOUT THE ARTIST ~ FRANK WILSON As far back as my memory serves me, I was a creative. My family says I was born with a crayon in my mouth. Drawing, building things, making pictures with crayons were an everyday staple in my early childhood. While hospitalized in the eighth grade for some respiratory problems, an Aunt gave me a...