{"id":62,"date":"2011-03-20T16:36:51","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T20:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/?p=62"},"modified":"2011-04-26T11:41:32","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T15:41:32","slug":"iguana-study-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"Iguana Study 2-St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The iguana that inspired Iguana Study 2 was photographed 2004 in between <a href=\"http:\/\/mollymalonesstthomas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Molly Malones<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhookdivecenter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hook Dive Center<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stthomastraveler.com\/attractions\/red-hook.php\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.igy-americanyachtharbor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Yacht Harbour<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/st-thomas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> ST Thomas US Virgin Islands<\/a>.  My brother-in-law was tending bar there, and while we were visiting the  staff went out to feed them the left over food. I spent at least 30  minutes photographing the iguanas munching on their lunch.This  particular iguana got really tired of me following him around and  climbed onto a branch in the bushes. <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-271\" href=\"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/paintings\/iguana-study-2\/attachment\/iguana-profile-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-271\" title=\"Iguana that inspired Iguana Study 2\" src=\"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Iguana-profile-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-272\" href=\"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/paintings\/iguana-study-2\/attachment\/iguana-profile-5\/\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-272\" title=\"Iguana full length\" src=\"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/iguana-profile-5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a> While looking through the hundreds of iguana images I had taken over the   years I was inspired to paint this image in 2009 because of the  profile  and texture. I chose to remain with the Caribbean blue palette,  but  tried to push my technical skill even more.\u00a0 The last two pictures are of the other iguanas that were hanging around. The last one does not look happy with me! But, he still gave me a smile.\u00a0\u00a0 <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-275\" href=\"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/paintings\/iguana-study-2\/attachment\/iguana-profile-8\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-275\" title=\"Another iguana waiting for lunch\" src=\"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Iguana-profile-8-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-276\" href=\"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/paintings\/iguana-study-2\/attachment\/iguana-profile\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-276\" title=\"Another iguana not happy with me photography him\" src=\"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Iguana-profile-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Presently, there is a 12&#8243; X 16&#8243; GiClee reproduction on un-stretched canvas with 3&#8243; white border available for $150.00 (plus shipping). Please contact me at pauleneedwards@yahoo.ca if you have any inquiries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iguana that inspired Iguana Study 2 was photographed 2004 in between Molly Malones and Red Hook Dive Center, Red Hook, American Yacht Harbour, ST Thomas US Virgin Islands. My brother-in-law was tending bar there, and while we were visiting the staff went out to feed them the left over food. I spent at least [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,9,14,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pauleneedwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}