Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae
by Danielle Rosaria
Title
Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae
Artist
Danielle Rosaria
Medium
Pastel - Oil Pastel And Charcole On Paper
Description
When I was very young (I was probably 5 years old) I caught one of these magnificent butterflies at the LA Arboretum. I was so excited and but it in a plastic bag (I know, it's sad!) but the gardener saw me and made me let it go. I was so devastated at the time!! But looking back on it I'm glad he made me set the butterfly free. Perhaps this is one of it's offspring so many years later! Now I love to see butterflies flying freely...I don't have to catch them to enjoy their beauty. Isn't it interesting how some things don't turn out how we want, but years later we see the wisdom in them. But I'm happy I finally caught my butterfly in art!
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September 26th, 2018
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Comments (16)
Laurel Adams
Today, I am visiting your butterfly beauties...in all media you provide!... magnificent, Danielle! Thank you, thank you!
Laurel Adams
Such a beautiful oil pastel...and wonderful backstory...yes, lessons on gratitude...learning them young is a gift thruout life. Love this beauty, Danielle!
Aurelio Zucco
Wow...beautiful work of art! So glad I stopped by your amazing gallery, Danielle...you've got a new fan! :-) L/F
Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in Art For Close Ups And Macro Happy And Friendly:-)
Anita Faye
Danielle, happy to feature your beautiful work on Groovy Butterflies! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/groovy-butterflies.html
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your beautiful artistic work is Featured in the "Bedroom Art Gallery" group l/f/pin
Conni Schaftenaar
Fantastic drawing and I love the story, Danielle! When I was a child, we captured butterflies and mounted them. I still have many of those mounts 60+ years later, and they're still beautiful, but part of me feels badly that we disrupted the lives of these beautiful creatures at that time. L/F
Danielle Rosaria replied:
Thank you so much Conni! I know what you mean. I was always so conflicted when collecting them. It think it's a good way for young people to study insects though. I have my insect collection still too :-) A good collection is like a natural science library!
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