Sitting Pretty Monarch Butterfly

Another month has slipped by and I'm not really sure where all the time went. I've been working on some new canvases and making some changes in my marketing as well. The above is entitled "Sitting Pretty" and is a monarch butterfly painted against an abstract background. I'm in the process of painting some spring and summer themes at the moment and hope to finish up with those soon.

I love painting butterflies, all kinds of course but my favorites are the Monarchs. I find myself drawn to them again and again and somehow, they always seem to end up on my canvas.

All year I review butterfly photos that I've taken in the spring and summer to decide which beauties to paint. If you love to paint nature subjects, I highly recommend running around with your camera to capture your favorites on film, they will provide you with inspiration all year long.

"In The Treetop" Acrylic Triptych On Gallery Canvas

I finished my newest triptych this week - "In The Treetop". I decided to have a lot of fun with this one and work with 3 different sized canvases.

The first gallery canvas is 8" x 8"......

The second is 8" x 6" and.............

The third is 4" x 6", coming together for a grand total of 12" h x 23" w. This piece is fun, sparkly and quite contemporary. I think I will be creating paintings with different sized canvases a lot more in the future, I like to look and feel of the different sizes together. I'm currently trying to finish a new painting, a diptych (2 canvases) called "Kaleidoscope Dragonflies" . The dragonfly part you have probably figured out but I bet you are wondering about the kaleidoscope part, you'll just have to wait and see. I've been working on all these paintings for a very special reason and hopefully, in the next few weeks, I'll be talking about the meaning behind it all.

This piece is soon to be available at my ETSY shop: www.artfulcreations.etsy.com