Fishing Vampiresses

A Vampiress and her court of minions on a fishing and bathing outing to the swamp... Is it more or less moral to be a parasite? I built frame one with a real cypress knee from the swamps of Arkansas, carefully cut to replace the columns in many frames of this type. The painting is set in a swamp, so I figured it would work! I included some sketches and close ups in this post as well. Oil on board 36 x 20 inches.