George Rodrigue always painted his subjects in front of an oak tree (before the Blue Dog) He painted President Reagan on a white horse standing in front of an oak tree. He recently painted a portrait of the new governor...with an oak tree in the background. So for him to paint Mike in an oak tree is appropriate for him and Mike looks damn good even in a tree.
edyel, I downloaded pixial but there are no clearly visible tools to create the subltle textures of my art. It is useful though in that I can change the format of a .bmp file to a .jpg so that I can upload it directly to the forum. Example below: