Butterfly Convention collage It's difficult to let go

It's difficult to let go of the hard work you've put into the former

I loved juxtaposing the hard-edged architectural rectangles with the loose fluid drips

which I used to print black ink over an ink-rolled rainbow gradient

image size: 4” x 6” image on paper (8″ x 10″ matted and framed behind plexiglass)

Butterfly Convention collage It's difficult to let goMixed media (printers ink, watercolor, India ink) on Arches watercolor paper Image size 6" x 6", Paper size 11" x 11" Masking the butterflies, I printed a layer of dark ink to make their colorful watercolored wings glow. Did you know a group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope?