Friday, January 31, 2020

Nature, Wildlife Art Insect, Nature, Butterfly "RED LACE BUTTERFLY" The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

The Red Lace Butterfly is a beauty! This original watercolor painting is on hot press 140 watercolor paper.

FRESH OFF THE EASEL

5"x7" Watercolor on Paper/Available

$200

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Nature, Wildlife Art Insect, Nature, Butterfly "ORANGE BIRDWING BUTTERFLY" The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

Here is another Birdwing Butterfly only this time in ORANGE! The colors are remarkable.


8"x11" Colored Pencil on Frosted Mylar/Available

$200

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Monday, January 27, 2020

Nature, Wildlife Art Insect, Nature, Butterfly "PRIAMUS POSEIDON BIRDWING BUTTERFLY" The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

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

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Friday, January 24, 2020

Botanical Fine Art Painting, "MAROON PAPHIOPEDILUM" The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe


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

$500


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Friday, January 17, 2020

Botanical Fine Art Painting, Illustrative Art, Frog, Butterfly, Nature Art, Watercolor "PITCHER PLANT" The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe


This Pitcher Plant is native to Florida. Among the composition you will find a tree frog, butterfly and dragonfly also native here in Florida!

18"x14" Watercolor on Paper

$750

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Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Botanical Fine Art Painting, Illustrative Art, Watercolor "PINNOCHIO ORCHID" The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe



The Pinnocchio Orchid is a lady slipper orchid known for its unique pouch.
This is an original watercolor on 300 lb watercolor paper


14"x10" Watercolor on Paper

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Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Frog Painting, Printmaking, Nature, Illustrative Animal Art "BULL FROG” The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

This American Bull frog is a solar etching which has been hand painted with watercolor after the printing process.


7"x5" Printmaking on Paper

$145

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Monday, January 6, 2020

Botanical Painting, Mixed Media Illustrative Floral, Nature "DAFFODIL CROSSSECTION" The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe


This is a mixed media cross section of a daffodil. It is an original painting combining watercolor and pastel.


6"x6" Watercolor and Pastel on Paper

$50

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Friday, January 3, 2020

Mixed Media Illustrative Painting, Wildlife, "Bobcat Skull" The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

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.


8"x8" Watercolor and Colored Pencil on Paper

$125

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Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Butterfly Painting, Nature Art, Watercolor "PHOEBIS PHILEA BUTTERFLY" The Art of Nature, Fine Art by Mindy Lighthipe

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

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