Twisted Lounge Lizard© JoyEful Party Animals® Joye DeGoede

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Twisted Lounge Lizard

Oil on canvas – 12 x 24

This painting was part of an invitational exhibit curated the US Department of State, Art (AIE) program for US Ambassador Judy Reinke in the US Embassy of Montenegro. It is joined by three other JoyEful Party Animals.  The exhibit was 2019 - 2025. 

Inspiration for Twisted Lounge Lizard ©JoyEful Party Animals® 

I have had the good fortune to run into Gila Monsters by my home and local hiking trails. We have one of these beautiful creatures living around our front yard. I have spotted him only twice in three years. We have a mutual respect! 
I recently learned Utah has made the Gila Monster their official state reptile. 
Twisted Lounge Lizard is following the adventurous path of the JoyEful Party Animals. The gila monster's color, texture and patterns are spectacular. I just had to paint it! My work juxtapose reality with fantasy, inspiring the viewer to see the fun in the mundane and the vast opportunities for joy in our everyday world. I love painting the surrealistic mixture of animals imitating human habits and in their natural habitat. Ohhhh the tales these tails can tell!