The 30 Moths of September

Artwork, September 2017

30 Moths of September, Each 6×6 Acrylics on Paper

Here they are, in all their glory – virtually! Thankful to have completed this set. I learned a lot about acrylics, and learned I have a lot more to learn.

I would like to announce that my artist friend, Ellen Vieth, has picked 8 of my Moths for the November show at her gallery – Little Pink House Gallery, Genesee, ID. Yippee! Thanks, Ellen!

What’s on for NEXT month? I’m thinking about gouache. Not sure what subject. But it IS October. Stay tuned!

9/30 – Glanycus Insolitus Thyrididae (Picture Winged Leaf Moth, Male)

Artwork, September 2017

9/30 – Picture Winged Leaf Moth, Male, 6×6 Acrylics on Paper

How fun, how interesting. This is the male version of the moth I painted on 9/4. He’s very svelte.

9/28 -Semioptila Torta

September 2017

9/28 Semioptila Torta, 6×6 Acrylics on Paper

9/26 – Roseate Emperor

Artwork, September 2017

9/26 Roseate Emperor, 6×6 Acrylics on Paper

9/25 – Leopard Moth

Artwork, September 2017

9/25 Leopard Moth, 6×6 Acrylics on Paper

9/24 – Oleander Hawk Moth

Artwork, September 2017

9/24 – Oleander Hawk Moth, 6×6 acrylics on paper

I love the common name of this moth. Oleander reminds me of a Southern ghost story, of a servant slave girl who tried to come back to favor to her owners by baking a cake for the children (and their mother). She added oleander leaves into the cake mix to make them sick so that she could nurse them back to health, but tragically added too much, and poisoned them instead. The ghost of the servant girl, and the children, are said to haunt the plantation.