Gila Monster

This painting by Charles Fracé is of the Gila monster, a lizard that lives in the southwestern United States. Fracé's depiction captures the bumpy, textured skin of the lizard as well as its distinctive red and black patterning. This painting is one of over 3,000 small-scale watercolors commissioned by the National Wildlife Federation and used for their conservation stamps. The stamps were produced from the 1930s-1990s to promote the mission and work of the National Wildlife Federation.