"Portrait of a Gibbon" is done on a "Clayboard" (not quite scratchboard... higher quality) and is painted, scratched, and painted repeatedly to achieve this effect.
Artwork is 5" x 7", and took approximately 8 hours to complete.
Thanks to everyone who views and comments on my work - it's greatly appreciated!
45 Comments
Anonymous Guest 06 Dec 2007
Beautiful work!debbie collier 10 Aug 2006
Fantastic work!!Joanne Woolley 25 Mar 2006
I can't believe how great this looks. The wetness of the eye is truely remarkable.~Katie~ . 20 Mar 2006
amazing detail!!Vivian Allen 19 Mar 2006
This is absolutely awesome! Superb!!!Jerry 10 Mar 2006
Superb, sensational, spectacular and most excellent comes to mind when I examine the Clayboard art. I have never seen anything like this before Christina. You certainly are a Master at this medium. You certainly are blessed with a gift most never recieve. You are amazing and highly blessed!Babis Kiliaris 07 Mar 2006
I cant say a word!!!!! PerfectTabitha Borges 07 Mar 2006
what great detail on the fur...great work..:0)Angie Waszkiewicz 06 Mar 2006
Amazing! I would have thought this a photo!José Fortunato 06 Mar 2006
What a great detail. Like a close up photo. BravoDeborah Martin 05 Mar 2006
Amazing work...so well done!!!!jim h 05 Mar 2006
that is perfect!! i REALLY like this.Christine brand 05 Mar 2006
TOOO INCREDIBLE!!!Tara Corbett 04 Mar 2006
fabulous!Joke Schotting 04 Mar 2006
Great work,Christina!!!!Fiona Hooper 04 Mar 2006
Absolutely amazing - even better than a photo, Christina!!! You have raised clayboard to a new level!C DeMaio 04 Mar 2006
wow this is amazing Christina, infinite patience. The eyes are amazing!Robyn Sturtevant 04 Mar 2006
I can only reiterate what has already been said. Brilliant, Awesome, Fantastic, Beautiful, Outstanding, Amazing, Incredible and I think Precisamos!!Renata Cavanaugh 04 Mar 2006
Oh my this is fantastic. Brilliant work ChristinaKathryn Arruda 04 Mar 2006
Fantastic! What great skill, the detail is outstanding, and this gibbon's face has such expression! I love the way you rendered his eyes-Reba McDonald 04 Mar 2006
Beautiful work.Gary Glass 04 Mar 2006
Your eight hours of work really paid off.. Your realisim and detail is outstanding on your wildlife images..Kathi Perry 04 Mar 2006
Your patience and execution of the tiniest detail amazes me Christina. This is another perfectly awesome piece of art. :)susan kinney 04 Mar 2006
awesome details. you are so good at these hairy animals..i love his face ..hes sweet :)Juan Gomez 04 Mar 2006
Awesome work Christina!!Andree Lerat 04 Mar 2006
Wow... Your work is fantastic.Leroy Drumm 04 Mar 2006
Great Photo!! Well done!Ana Tirolese 04 Mar 2006
Wow! I thought it was a photo. Very well done. Excellent.Emily Reed 04 Mar 2006
Just awesome, Christina1Ginger Lovellette 04 Mar 2006
Your scratchboard art is really something. I'll have to check out "clayboard".thea walstra 04 Mar 2006
An outstanding and very beautiful photograph Christina!v blair 04 Mar 2006
Excellent !!!!!!Diana Hume 04 Mar 2006
Excellent work Christina! Love the hair! Looks like you've found another medium you excel in!charles hooper 04 Mar 2006
Excellent shot christina!!!.....very awesomeNelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 04 Mar 2006
Christina! this is unbelievable!!! Great ARTWORK!! I cannot find the right words to tell my feelings and what my eyes are enjoying.Armando Salas 04 Mar 2006
Just stunning!!!!!!!!Austin Teed 03 Mar 2006
very impressive close-up! 10jane diamond 03 Mar 2006
wow - i thought this was a photograph at first! this is stunning and very talented work Christina! The details are excellent and as a huge lover of gibbons, I can say this is a dead-on likeness! wonderful work! :)Les Jobes 03 Mar 2006
Absolutely mindblowing stuff Christine! It really looks like a photo at first glance.. awesome work! WOW! :o)ellen blockley 03 Mar 2006
Christina, I know nothing about clayboard, but this is just amazing work. How long did it take you to do this? Your attention to detail is astounding.Stephanie Meldgaard 03 Mar 2006
WOW Christina, I had to double look to make sure I was indeed looking at a photo, AND TO MY BIGGEST SURPRISE found out that it was NOT....What a GREAT piece!!!!joan warburton 03 Mar 2006
Amazing work Christina! The fur detail is fantastic.Linda Bertiaux 03 Mar 2006
Excellllllllllllllllllent!!!!!!!!!!!!!Nancy Costley 03 Mar 2006
Magnificent! How deep are the scratches, very impressed.eileen martin 03 Mar 2006
wow the realism is amazing, you are so extremely talented!:)