Birdwing butterflies are some of the largest and most colorful butterflies in the world. They got their name because some can be as big as birds. This beautiful green and black butterfly is a male. The females are much larger and are brown, earth tones. 8"x10" Colored Pencil on Frosted Mylar/Available $200 Click HERE to purchase.
This orchid is in the Paphiopedilum family and is best known as a Lady Slipper Orchid mostly because of their unique pouch. These orchids are mostly found to be terrestrial which means they grow on the ground. This is an original watercolor on 300lb watercolor paper. 14"x11" Watercolor on Paper/Available
The Bobcat or Lynx rufus is native to the USA. This skull is part of the collection at the Florida Museum of Natural History. The challenge with this drawing was getting the mouth to stay open while I was drawing it. This is on 140 hot press watercolor paper with torn/deckled edges.
The Phoebis philea butterfly is commonly known as the Orange Barred Sulphur. It is found mostly in the tropics but makes its way to Florida where it has 2 broods a year. The painting is done with an underpainting of lavender paint to get form and then the yellow and orange was placed on top of the underpainting. It was an experiment is painting in compliments...... yellow/purple. 7"x9 " Watercolor on Paper $125
