Turquoise Longhorn Beetle Print oil painting I once saw a mountain

I once saw a mountain lion in the East Bay Hills of California

but close enough to see its elegant stride as it cautiously winded its way through fields of green — illustrated here with coast live oak

I love that such beautiful worlds exist

these tiny birds bring more than their weight in joy

Wompoo fruit doves sometimes blend in as they forage for fruit among the leaves high in the forest canopy

Turquoise Longhorn Beetle Print oil painting I once saw a mountainHand drawn colored pencil illustration. Giclee printed on 100% cotton fibre, 290 gsm acid free, conservation grade, Italian milled fine art paper. This longhorn beetle (Sternotomis callais) is part of the "Oh My" insect collection in the entomology department at the California Academy of Sciences a series of drawers containing some of our most amazing specimens. Many insects in this collection dazzle with iridescence, but not this one. This particular