@marlboromaam no worries... I'm guessing the oil paint feature in PS CC is similar... it seems Pixerl Bender has a loyal following but upon a quick search it isn't available for CC version. I used to have CS5... it was the last version of the software I bought where I got a physical copy to install on my Mac... eventually the newer Macs didn't want to run the older software. Oh well.
@kvphoto I think the oil paint feature is in the newer versions of Photoshop, but the Pixel Bender plugin is not. The texture I used to make it look more like a painting is Craquelure in Photoshop's filter gallery. Not sure if it's in the newer versions of Photoshop or not. And no, I'm not even sure you can run stand alone versions of Adobe software now. Can you?
@mittens Thank you, Marilyn!
@dutchothotmailcom Thank you, Esther!