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Florida Cooter

Year completed: 2009
Medium: Ink Line Art Illustration with Digital Tinting
Description: Fine art drawing of a Florida Cooter (Pseudemys floridana)

Hand-signed limited edition fine art print (500) of a Florida Cooter. 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:

florida cooter thumb The Florida Cooter was completed on 4/13/2009. When I was hiking in the Big Cypress National Preserve I saw these beautiful reptiles basking on logs here and there. They are really cool little (ok, so not so little) turtles and it really was a lot of fun to draw. The illustration is based on a photo by Mark Harris.

Information about the Florida Cooter:

Florida Cooters, also called the Coastal Plains turtle, range Alabama in the west to Virginia in the east, including nearly all of the state of Florida and southern Georgia. They are the most frequently seen turtle in Florida's waterways. They are generally found in wetlands, marshes and forest ponds as they prefer still waters with soft bottoms and basking sites. It is a medium-sized turtle reaching about 13" long that feeds generally on aquatic vegetation. It is one of twenty-five turtle species that live in Florida.