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The Texas Tortoise by Amy E. Fraser. This is an expressive tortoise portrait in shades of red, gray, green and gold with wise golden orange eyes complimented with a burnt orange textural background.

There are 30 recognized species of turtles in Texas, but only the Texas Tortoise, or Gopherus berlandieri, is truly a tortoise. Unlike most turtles, Texas tortoises inhabit dry land and lack webbed feet. They use their claws to scrape out shady resting places called pallets beneath bushes or cacti. These tortoises can be found from South Texas into northern Mexico, where water is a rarity, so Texas tortoises get hydrated through their veggie diet of prickly pear cacti, grass and other plants. The Texas Tortoise is the smallest of the North American tortoises, reaching a shell length of about 8½ inches. The Texas Tortoise can be distinguished from other turtles found in Texas by its cylindrical and columnar hind legs and by the yellow-orange scutes (plates) on its carapace (upper she...

Amy E. Fraser is a Fine Artist, Photographer and Baker. She creates in her home studio nestled in a beautiful wildflower meadow, surrounded by enchanting wildlife, deep in a magical fairy tale forest. When Amy is not drawing, painting or sculpting she can be found wandering the forest, photographing nature, tending to her garden or practicing the fascinating craft of Sourdough baking. Amy has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design and a Masters of Arts and Liberal Studies from Dartmouth College. Fraser has exhibited her work throughout the United States and has pieces in the archives of The National Museum of Women In The Arts and The Smithsonian, Archives of American Art, both in Washington, D.C. Fraser's paintings,...