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Why not have a grasshopper on wheels? I have fun doing things like this. I put frogs and horses and other things on wheels or skis. Maybe a sail would work on a piece like this. I enjoy painting rather realistically and then doing something like this. I do love all the colors in this grasshopper. You know, there are 11,000 species of grasshopper. This is a new one. I don't replicate. Which that adds to the fun. I could replicate, but what fun would that be?

A Colorado native and long-time Fort Collins resident, Bob's painting style reflects his Western Heritage yet is uniquely his own. He strives for an image that is unusual and that brings pleasure in the doing as well as in the viewing. His work is often stylized, often whimsical, always colorful and strong in design and composition. Animals, landscapes, people, history and mythology provide him a wealth of subject matter. He also produces images that are purely abstract or non-objective in nature. He works with a color palette reminiscent of the Fauvist movement and often combines both realism and abstraction in one piece. Coonts' work has been likened to abstract surrealism, realism with an abstract point of view or...