Butterfly Woman Mask

In late 2013 when I was doing pottery at the clay co-op, I made a dark mask and a butterfly woman mask as transformation masks. I liked them a lot, and I got a lot of compliments on them. However, I was very disappointed and lost a bit in 2014 when they were stolen. Along with the masks being stolen, the camera that had the pictures of the masks on them was stolen as well. I had no documentation of them except one picture of both of them in progress. Several months ago, I started working on hand building the butterfly woman mask again. The first mask did not workout, and I was not sure if this one was actually going to make it as well. Fortunately, it did, and I have the Butterfly Woman Mask again. I do miss the first one that I did, but I do enjoy this one as well. The mask is roughly 15X10 and 4-5inch. deep.

Cacti Garden

The picture of the Cacti that I used for this painting was from the Tohono Chul Park in Tucson, AZ and the butterfly was from one at the Botanical Gardens when they do butterfly magic in their greenhouse. I combined the pictures and integrated something different for the background. This is an acrylic on a 10X10 canvas.

Butterfly

I was challenged this morning by a man I dearly love who is a father to me. Challenged in my thinking and in my patterns to do something seemingly impossible to my mind. I am not sure if I actually succeeded in the challenge or not, but I learned that much more of our thoughts and moods are a reflection of choices then I wanted to believe. As I was rummaging through my mind that often seems so closed off to me, I was thinking of renewal, rebirth, redemption, and such things. They often remind me of butterflies, so the sketch for today is this butterfly from the International Wildlife Museum.

Butterfly 2, Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Buttefly from photograph taken at the Tucson Botanical Garden Butterfly Magic Event from last year. 4X6 Watercolor