A New Backyard


1993

Maybe my favorite piece to date, in spite of the cutesy subject.   I was at the peak of my focus as an illustrator, then.   I can't believe I did it ten years ago!   It is a commissioned portrait of a friend's pet.

The idea for the piece is the question, how will our pets adjust to other worlds if we ever do colonize them?   This is a very earth-like world, but it does have some quirky flora and fauna.  How many not-quite earthlike life forms can you find?.