The Exploitation of Butterfly

this is more or less the finished painting 16 x 20 acrylic on canvas with paper butterflies. there might be slight adjustments later, but otherwise, here she is!


"I must pursue her, even though I damage her wings."

curiouser and curiouser

we'll take a break from Butterfly this week and revisit Alice. These are the paper dolls I have made thus far...they still require interesting backgrounds/borders/what not. I always appreciate feedback!

the queen of hearts (off with her HEAD!)and croquet flamingo and hedgehog

a lovely little Alice with striped socks and various edibles (eat me) (drink me)

the white rabbit (oh my ears and whiskers! i fear i shall be late!)

the caterpillar with a long cigarette, mushroom and attachable wing

i hope someday to add these to my etsy shop, ideally in some kind of book form, but we shall see, yes, yes.

The pupa stage (by my logic)

So Butterfly is in her metamorphosis stage now (tres kafka-esque)
now I just have to diligently finish the painting!

Birth of a Butterfly

Here is a painting I recently started. I don't usually share images of things in process, mostly out of fear. (i.e. - what if it comes out terrible? or completely different? what if i don't finish it? does seeing my process remove some of the "magic"? etc.)
but only for you shall i put my fear aside and try to maintain my personal goal of updating once a week!
ahhhhhhhhh