Al Rio's Grooming Fairies

At the risk of sounding gay, I have to describe this as a darling piece by the versatile and talented Al Rio. It is my favorite among his wonderful fairy series. I've resisted putting it up because this kind of piece is not what visitors to this site usually want to see. However, it is featured (as of this writing) on the front page of Al Rio's Fairy page in his own archives and, if it's good enough for Al Rio Art, it's good enough for here. This image is based on my own scan which I adjusted to what I eliminate some of the extraneous lines and is lighter than the scan on www.alrioart.com.