Gorgeous!
Wow, grayfire, you’re doing some great stuff! I laughed when you said that you’d done some of the painting while feverish: when writing, I’ve found one benefit to a fever is that it switches off the internal editor, making it easier to be creative. But I’m hard pressed to go out and court a case of the flu just so’s I can get past my writer’s block. 😉
I LOVE the hackles and tailfeathers on your latest phoenix! Zowie! And the Metal Oxide Keeper is delightfully bright, but I particularly like that little patch of large shoulder scales that pull in a little sheen of light blue and lavender on top of their other colors–nice effect!