Today’s featured art is HISSSSSSS by Terry Bassett

Last week was Chinese New Year. One of our Vice President’s gave us all a nickel to celebrate and one of my co-workers who is Vietnamese gave us in our department a lovely red envelope with a lottery ticket in it (that reminds me - I need to check the numbers for Sat!)

HISSSSSSS by Terry Bassett — View Larger

This golden snake dragon has a quite malevolent expression, not a Chinese dragon look at all but I like the surprise of it seeming more like a coiled python at one end while being completely dragon headed at the biting end than the flying dragon normally seen in dragon fantasy art.

I like the frame choice but I think I might have looked at a yellow or green mat to go with it - the brown emphasizes the browns in the painting and ties them together.

As always at Imagekind, when you buy fine art prints - you can buy what the artist has chosen or you can try various frame and mat combinations until you find what is perfect for your home or office.

Today’s featured art is Thousand Years by Henna Krankkala

This painting has a very restful misty yet weathered feeling as if the Tree Dryad has been there a thousand years and this seems such a sad moment … the

Thousand Years by Henna Krankkala — View Larger

dragonflies are pure hope and light beacons in the fog touches that lighten the somber mood and they seem to be parading or perhaps flocking to the scene to reassure both tree and nymph that all is not lost.

I love trees and this forest tree nymph is exactly as I would expect one to appear when leaving the safety of their tree.