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Blanding's Turtle

Year completed: 2008
Medium: Ink Line Art Illustration with Digital Tinting
Description: Fine art drawing of a Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)

Hand-signed limited edition fine art print (500) of a Blanding's Turtle. The illustration is reproduced on high-quality acid free stock. Dealer inquires are welcome.

Limited edition fine art print:
8"x10" (20.3 x 25.4cm) $17.95
11"x14" (27.9 x 36.6cm) $22.95

Print is in stock and ships in 1-2 days.

This illustration is also available as stock art.

Artist's notes:

blanding's turtle thumb I had done a rough sketch of this drawing back in 2005, but it wasn't until 2008 that I worked up a formal and final version of the Blanding's turtle. It is based on a photograph by the talented Jim Rowan.

Information about the Blanding's Turtle:

The Blanding's Turtle is a semi-aquatic reptile native to Great Lakes area and outwards to the East Coast and north to Ontario. It prefers weedy marshes, ponds, bogs streams and slow moving rivers. This reptile is omnivorous and will eat various invertebrates, along with fish, frogs, plants, carrion and vegetable debris. Depending on the area of the US it is either considered endangered or threatened. It is the proposed state turtle of Minnesota.