Nature Fine Art Painting, Original Watercolor Painting, Wildlife,”Vintage Stag Beetle” The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

This Stag Beetle made a great subject for this experiment of aging the watercolor paper. The paper was hand torn/deckled and then the beetle was done on top. This is a male beetle. You can tell by the size of the large Mandibles. The male uses the large mandibles to "duel" with other males. The mandibles act as a sword and will fling their opponent off of a log and declare to be the winner!

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14"x11"Watercolor and Colored Pencil on Paper

$250

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Nature Fine Art Painting, Original Watercolor Painting, Wildlife,"CRESCENT MOON MOTH” The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

The Crescent Moon Moth is a stunning moth with a huge wingspan of up to 6 inches across. It has 4 panels , 1 on each wing that looks like a cellophane. This paper was hand torn/deckled and then I used coffee grounds to tint the paper before drawing/painting the moth.

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6"x8"Watercolor and Colored Pencil on Paper

$75

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Nature Fine Art Painting, Original Watercolor Painting, Illustration " VINTAGE AMARYLLIS BULB” The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

The Amarylis bulb is one of my favorite bulbs to draw. It is really big and has papery, peeling layers that are fun to paint. It seemed like a perfect subject for this style of vintage painting.

14"x11"Watercolor and Colored Pencil on Paper

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Nature Fine Art Painting, Original Watercolor Painting, Wildlife,"COMET MOTH-VINTAGE” The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

This Comet Moth is a male. How do I know this???? The tails are unusually long. The female has a much shorter tail and a heavier, fuller body. Also the antenna on the males are feathery. This is so they can pick up pheromones released by the females. This is a spectacular moth and is enormous as well as colorful.


14"x11"Watercolor and Colored Pencil on Paper

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Wildlife, Nature Fine Art Painting, Original Watercolor Painting,”RED VINTAGE BEETLE” The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

This red ground beetle was a fun challenge as I experimented with working on creating a vintage look on the paper. It is hand torn/deckled on 300lb watercolor paper.
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8.5"x6"Watercolor and Colored Pencil on Paper

$75

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Wildlife, Nature Fine Art Painting, "NITE CROWNED HERON" The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

5"x7"x1" Watercolor on Canvas-Available

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Wildlife, Illustrative Art, Bird, Fine Art Print on Canvas “White Ibis” The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

5"x7"x1" Ink on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

$42

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Wildlife Art, Bird, Nature, Illustrative Art ,Fine Ary Print "Pelican" The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

The Brown Pelican is found throughout the eastern and southern coast of the USA. During  mating season the eye color of the male turns a beautiful blue to attract the females. The original painting was 60" tall by 40" wide and was a commission for a private collector.

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Wildlife Fine Art Print, Bird Nature, "Green Ibis" The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

20"x16" Ink on Canvas-$125.00 Available HERE

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Botanical Fine Art Painting, "GREEN CHICKS AND HENS" The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

Hens and chicks are a favorite in my garden. I love they way they group and readily multiply as they spill over rocks and create a wonderful ground cover. Here I played with variation in mixing greens. It was interesting to see how many shades of green were in such a small section. I magnified the drawing to give it impact and stand out. Such small things are often overlooked.

16"x12" Watercolor on Paper/Available

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Botanical Fine Art Painting, "STRIPED PAJAMAS" The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

This orchid is a Paphiopedilum, often called the Venus slipper. It is a genus of the Lady slipper orchid and has the most unusual waxy flowers. Many orchids are found high in the tree canopy but the Paphiopedilum is a terrestrial orchid is found on the forest floor. This orchid is the Paph.rothschildianum. 

20"x10" Watercolor on Paper/Available

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Botanical Fine Art Painting, Butterfly,Nature "PURPLE VANDA" The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

I love purple and I love orchids! I moved to Florida in 2011 after living in New Jersey for 50 years. The climate in Florida is semi-tropical and orchids literally grow in, on and around trees! They are super fun to paint, ranging in all sizes, bizarre shapes and fantastic colors. In this painting I decided to show how this Vanda orchid grows off a tree branch. The branch was done in graphite so as not to distract from the beautiful flower. I couldn't resist putting in a butterfly just for even more fun! 

30"x24" Watercolor on Paper/Available

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Botanical Fine Art Painting, Butterfly,Nature "POLYDAMAS BUTTERFLY & ARISTOLOCHIA GIGANTEA" The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

Art by Mindy Lighthipe,Swallowtail butterflies are in the United States as well as in Central America. The Polydamus Butterfly is in the Swallowtail family and is found in Florida as well as in Central America. It feeds on the very peculiar plant family of pipevines. The plant depicted here has a flower the size of a baseball glove, thus the latin name- gigantea. The flowers act as a trap for unsuspecting small insects which fly into the "mouth" of the flower, travel down the throat of the flower and then are trapped at the bottom of the chamber. Here they are dissolved into the plants membrane. Once the flower is dead, a huge seed pod is formed which splits open spraying the seeds to the ground. Once the seeds germinate more shoots will climb in a profusion of  intermingling vines. The female Polydamus lays her eggs on this plant and the caterpillars  eat the leaves as well as the flowers. The caterpillar pupates and uses a thin filament or support to attach itself to a stem. The chrysalis looks like a twig or a rock climber attaching himself to the side of a cliff! 

24"x20" Watercolor on Paper/Available

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