Monarch Butterfly Canvas Print

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A monarch butterfly alights on a lavender flower cluster against a green background. Its orange and black wings are in focus and catching the daylight, while both greenery and flower are softer and less defined.

This acrylic painting is done by both myself and my husband, Steve Sutton. I blocked out the general shapes and painted the soft focus objects, while he put in the lovely details of the butterfly. We both signed it under the near wing. This is the first piece we've done together, and after he felt it was finished, Steve mentioned he'd like to do more pieces together.

I often joke that I learned to draw and paint because it is easier and quicker for me than getting a good photograph. I do still make the attempt to use my camera more effectively from time to time, but I have more natural aptitude to using a pencil or paint. Often what few photographs I am satisfied with become reference for my artwork. I work with charcoal, soft pastels, oil pastels, watercolor, acrylic, and am learning oil painting. I tend towards more realistic, although I have dabbled in impressionism when the fancy strikes. I live at the dead end of a dirt road in rural Florida with my husband and a yardful of critters, while the local deer and wild turkeys eat my annual efforts at gardening.