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This trippy Monarch Butterfly / Kākahu painting pops in psychedelic shades of turquoise, green and blue with copper and gold metallics. This painting is deeply layered and feels almost like it's alive.
The Kākahui / Monarch Butterfly is almost translucent, and the beautiful vibrant colours transcend through it. The short reel or video clip of the painting show the colours, detailing and effects best.
The painting has a 3D like feel to it, and you'll notice different things within it depending on lighting and time of the day. This painting took me many months to complete, as it's deeply layered. I love the whole metamorphosis from egg to larvae to caterpillar to pupae to Butterfly. Growing up I adored the 1969 children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. The book features a hungry caterpillar that eats a variety of foods, including cake, before pupating and emerging as a butterfly.
This is painting is number 1 in a series of 3 Monarch Butterflies artworks. Number 3 in the series sold. The paintings are amazing on their own, or you can hang the 2 together like a diptych or tiles on the wall, or stand upright on a desk, cabinet, or sideboard. Photos 7 through to 10 show the two painting displayed together as a diptech set. If you'd like to buy the pair you can find the Monarch Butterfly painting no 2 here.
Each of the butterfly paintings are different, but the colour scheme is similar.
This series was inspired by the last clip is of the Kaleidoscope Monarch Butterflies on Airlie Road in Plimmerton, Porirua. So adorable! What a treat to see that eh? Lucky me.
You'll see in the corner there's a Peacock Butterfly, while we don't get them in New Zealand, I used to love them when I lived in Scotland. They're a trippy wee butterfly too, they flick their wings and display their owl or eye markings on their wings to scare of predators, but what's even trippier is the Peacock Butterfly can also hiss!
Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) can usually be seen flying amongst the flowers in backyard gardens and parks between September and March in New Zealand. They are super important to our ecosystem as they pollinate many flowering plants. Sadly, monarchs are becoming increasingly rare due to humans destroying their habitats. Their main food source is the swan milkweed and balloon plant, so please plant swan plants if you can. Monarch butterflies communicate with colours and scents. They signal to other animals that they are poisonous with their bright orange wings.
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The artworks are finished in a UV resistant resin which gives it that glass like finish. However, for longevity it’s best not to place this painting, or any artwork, or even humans or animals in direct UV / sunlight.
All multimedia work is created using top quality materials and arrives ready to be hung, with hanging hardware already attached to the back. But should you wish to professionally frame – you can do that too.
If you're considering a painting, but not 100% sure, please feel free to email me a photo of the room or space you'd like to hang the painting in. I'll email through a mock-up of what it could look like in your living room, dining room, office, kitchen or wall.
Full disclosure: The artworks, like the artist, are not perfect. I have a Siberian Husky dog called Sasquatch and some loose strands of fur may be forever immortalized in your painting, although I can’t guarantee that either!
That said, I want you to be 100% happy with your painting and I understand that buying art online can be challenging. So, I offer a 7-day return policy. If you receive the painting and decide it’s not for you, or it doesn’t suit the room you bought it for, please feel free to return it to me in its original condition - within 7 days of receiving it and I will be happy to refund, less any postage costs.
If you like something that has been sold, drop me a line, as I might be able to create something just for you.
