The Story Behind the Painting

At my exhibition I was approached by someone wanting to know if I had anymore artworks with butterflies on an Antigonon vine, as it held special meaning to them. I offered them a limited edition print but they wanted an original painting, so we settled on a new commissioned artwork. I made sure it had different butterflies with more flowers so it was considerably different from my previous painting.

Last year a vine was growing in the garden and produced an abundance of leaves and flowers which attracted a range of butterflies, bees and wasps. So I chose my best photos and created a collage of butterflies to paint.

Unfortunately this year the plant seems do have died back due to no rain in the past three and a half months. There is always hope though, as I think the previous year it died back to nothing and lay dormant in the ground for a few months before springing to life again.

My Painting Process

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Gouache on Canson Paper

For my Black Label collection I use Winsor & Newton Gouache on Black Colourfix Art Spectrum Paper or Black Mi-Teintes Touch Canson Paper.

My painting come from my own experiences that I have photographed while traveling. By reading this blog, you as a viewer can now hear The Story Behind the Painting. Where, when, what was happening while I was photographing the wildlife. 

Enjoy, Chris Osborne