Butterflies, 16″ x 20″ oil on linen canvas board, framed by the artist.

The original has found its forever home. Available as hand embellished canvas giclee (5) and AP giclee on heavy paper (5).

Awarded First place in oil painting at the North Charleston Arts Fest 2023

Butterflies came about when my daughter, Mary and I, decided to take a Saturday afternoon bike tour of downtown Charleston on our tandem. It was a beautiful, cool sunny day. Mary was getting tired of my stopping every few minutes to snap a photo (I brake for beauty), so we stopped at the Reinert Fine Art gallery to take in the magnificent OPA National show. While in the gallery, Mary spotted a pretty girl in a white jumpsuit. She said, “she’s so beautiful. Ask her if you can take her picture.” So I did. I moved this young lady around, her name is Julietta, to pickup some of the gallery lighting. Julietta was so kind and flattered I might paint her. I showed her the painting and she said, “awesome. I’m in love with the Butterflies,” hence the title. I was struck by her clear, untroubled innocence. After all, “butterflies are free.” That is what I set out to capture.