Tigerfish
So what's a guy from the Rocky Mountains doing with a Tigerfish in his gallery? Well, I can thank Ocean Journeys in Denver for this spectacular view of such an exotic creature.

I'm particularly proud of this piece. I learned a new technique in Photoshop while working the image. I duplicated the image layer and ran the Stylize > Find Edges filter on the copy. Then I desaturated the result, selected and deleted all the white pixels, and filled the remaining strokes with a maroon-to-gold gradient. The end result (along with some judicious Dry Brush and Watercolor filters) was a very organic, almost batik effect.

I find it intriguing that I spend a great deal of my effort in Photoshop using an inorganic technical tool to create organic human effects. Is that a paradox? Or just a natural extension of creativity?