The beauty of butterflies has been revered by ancient civilizations for thousands of years.
Their colorful wings do not reflect lights as normal pigmented surfaces do.
Instead, their microscopic scales, refract, and bend light, resulting in some of the most vibrant and iridescent colors ever seen in nature.
Because of the position of its eyes, a butterfly will go it’s entire life, unable to see the beauty of its own wings.
“ Coquelicot ” 12x12” Oil on linen
“Wild corn poppy” in old French vernacular, the term is nowadays also used to describe the bloom’s vibrant red-orange color.
“ Zaffre ” 12x12” Oil on linen
This rare color was used during Victorian times. The deep-blue pigment—developed by roasting cobalt ore—was used to stain glass.
“Aureolin” 12x12” Oil on Panel
This unique color is also known as cobalt yellow, this golden shade was first made by Nikolaus Wolfgang Fischer, the German chemist who first synthesized potassium cobaltinitrite (the compound that constitutes the brilliant pigment).