Complete and now in the drying process is my painting titled “Gone Forever Golden Toad”. The Golden Toad is marked as extinct and has vanished from existence. This beautiful toad is considered one of the great failures of conservation efforts. Within decades of its discovery it was no longer seen and declared extinct. It was extremely tricky to do this painting as there are limited sources for what the golden toad looked like. For now this painting is drying for a year before it can be varnished and ready to go.