igordog

No problem too much explaining is better than not enough.

I work in Costa Mesa... live in LA.
I'm not sure if i do they type of work you are looking for but you can check out my portfolio on my website misha-art.com

As for the tongue.. I have heard of it and am fimilar with the history of it. Let me look into the practal application and healing of it before I give you a final answer.

Oops, my mistake, sorry my head is all over just now. I just read your comment and suddenly realised the picture I was talking about wasn't actually there, I'd deleted it ages ago! The ammonite in the picture you saw is only about 10 inches across!(No wonder you were suprised it it was supposed to be over a foot long hehe)
THIS is the pic I meant(I've put it back in now)



As you can see the weather hasn't been kind to it at all. It was actually intact when we first got it but there was a fault line running right across the rock, over the years, frost and rain made it split into 4!
Still nice to look at though.

I haven't worked with paint for a long time although I used to quite regularly. With art I can never really decide what medium I want to sit with. Just now I'm very into my photography again but I want to get back to my linocuts as soon as possible.
I've added you by the way. Cheers.