09Dec
I thought that I would post a little of my inspiration.
I do quite a bit of digging around researching earlier miniature art through various different sources. The art of miniature painting has so many different facets to it and connected to so many cultures. Seeing so much that has come before me is very inspiring in my own painting.
These are a few Flemish miniature paintings of nature subjects from around 1600. They are stunningly intricate and delicate. I find them absolutely beautiful and so inspiring. They are painted in watercolors on vellum in much the same way that I paint my work.
I think I find them particularly fascinating because my painting methods originated with my studies a number of years ago with a Flemish artist who also paints nature like this. He had studied it in his native country. It is rooted deeply in their culture. …and continues today.
Miniature paintings, like these, show wildlife art being carefully depicted by artists who also shared a connection with nature 400 years ago.
Tags: artists, butterfly, fine_art, Flanders, Flemish, flower, miniature_art, miniature_painting, miniature_paintings, nature, nature_art, Paintings, spring_wildflower, traditional miniature, watercolor, wildlife_art
09Sep
This is one of my new pieces that will be in the RMS (Royal Miniature Society of Painters, Sculptors, & Gravers) exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London this fall. Please see the Society’s website for information about attending the exhibit – royal-miniature-society.org.uk The RMS is the oldest and most respected miniature art society in the world.
I had a number of paintings shown in the Hilliard Society of Miniaturists exhibition in Wells, Somerset as well a little earlier this year. Also, thanks to the HS (and the book publisher 
) for the invitation of inclusion in the next edition of the British publication, "Who’s Who in Art" 
Tags: britain, butterfly, miniature_art, miniature_art_society, miniature_exhibition, miniature_paintings, traditional miniature, UK, United-Kingdom, wildflowers
31May
This painting, "Summer Blossoms – Queen Butterfly", and "Sunrise – Screech Owl" will be a part of the Bennington Center for the Arts "Small Works Show" that will be on display June 9th – December 23rd, 2007 in Bennington, Vermont. Thanks to the Bennington Center for the Arts for making this exhibition possible!
For more information about the arts center, visit
www.benningtoncenterforthearts.org
Tags: art, artist, artists, bennington-center-for-the-arts, butterfly, miniature_art, miniature_exhibition, miniature_painting, miniature_paintings, spring_wildflower, traditional miniature, Vermont, watercolor, wildlife, wildlife_art
31Jan
This is a graphite sketch/drawing for a new miniature painting I will be starting soon. It is a Queen butterfly. The species is similar to a monarch, but a darker russet color and not as defined with black markings. I will be sketching out an arrangement of flowers and a background to add to it as well. 
Tags: arrangement, arrangement of flowers, butterfly, butterfly sketch, graphite, miniature, miniature painting, monarch, queen butterfly, russet color
07Nov
I just started a miniature painting of a mourning cloak butterfly, nymphalis antiopa, last night. I have had an interest in painting a variety of butterfly pieces for quite a while. I believe I made some similar comments on the website a number of years ago. Many ideas and very little time. :/
I’ve had so many wonderful opportunities to study so many different species of butterflies, both exotic species and native North American butterflies, but just haven’t gotten around to painting one of them yet. Sometimes I stew over ideas for paintings for a long while before they materialize.
The idea for this painting originated from coming across one of these butterflies sunning itself on some gravel on a path I was walking on. I had never seen a living mourning cloak specimen before, though this part of Minnesota is in it’s habitat range, so it interested me quite a bit. After a period of about 15 minutes of sunbathing, it disappeared.
Some of my visitors to the website and blog have expressed some interest in butterfly artwork. If anyone has any comments, suggestions, etc. — I would love to hear your thoughts on this. Please drop an email or leave a comment post in the blog.
Tags: art, artist, artists, artwork, butterfly, miniature_painting, miniature_paintings, new_painting, Paintings, wildlife_art
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