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January 23, 2020October 26, 2020

The Monarch Butterfly

Size: 6″ w x 6″ h
Support: Gallery wrap stretched canvas
Description: This is a miniature oil painting and its composition is a close-up of the Monarch butterfly sitting on a flower blossom. This painting will not require a frame as the composition extends around the edges of the canvas surface.

monarch butterfly painting demo — Not to scale

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Artist Comments

This painting is one of several mini paintings I’ve composed. I decided to do some smaller paintings as a way to attract a wider range of buyers and collectors for my art pieces. So I purchased a supply of 6×6 inch stretched canvases and started composing my mini paintings on them. I work on the mini canvases along side the larger paintings when I paint, thus working on both sized artworks during the same painting session. I had no idea how much I would enjoy creating these miniature paintings until I started doing them.

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UPDATED: 26 October 2020

November 22, 2018October 26, 2020

Animals & Wildlife Paintings For Sale

Gallery quality original oil paintings of domestic and wildlife animals, and insects on stretched canvas.

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American Bison Our National Animal By Teresa Bernard — 24″ w x 18″ h

Texas Longhorn In The Meadow oil painting — 20″ w x 16″ h

The Large White Dog pet portrait — 16″ w x 20″ h

Miniature Wildlife Art

Ladybug #1 – Hanging On Tight oil painting — 6″ w x 6″ h

Ladybug #2 – Almost Perfect Camouflage oil painting — 6″ w x 6″ h

TX Horned Toad Lizard (A.K.A Horny Toad) oil painting — 6″ w x 6″ h

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UPDATED: 15 August 2020

September 21, 2016October 26, 2020

Ladybug #2 – Almost Perfect Camouflage

Size: 6″ w x 6″ h
Support: Gallery wrap stretched canvas
Description: This small 6×6 inch insect oil painting features a close-up of a red ladybug sitting on a red flower creating an almost camouflaged environment for itself. This work of art will not need a frame as it has been composed on quality gallery wrap canvas which allows the artist to paint around the edges of the painting.

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Artist Comments

This painting is of a lady bug sitting on a red flower and the ladybugs’ color is almost the perfect camouflage. I named it “Almost Perfect Camouflage” because the red color of the ladybug blends in so well with the flower he/she is sitting on. A natural predator would have to look very close to see it.

Where did they get their name? Are all ladybugs female? What do you call a ladybug that is a male? How can you tell them apart? All great questions!

The name ladybug is the common name for Coccinellidae, a Latin word meaning scarlet, and is the American name for the insect Europeans call the “lady beetle” or “ladybird beetle.” Whether you call them a ladybug, ladybird or lady beetle, the name is thought to have its origins in an old legend from Europe during the Middle ages.

Legend has it that the Europeans agricultural crops were being destroyed by pests, so Catholic farmers began praying to the Blessed Lady (the Virgin Mary) for help. Soon afterward they noticed tiny black and red beetles in their fields eating the unwanted pests. Their crops were miraculously spared the damage from the infestation. The farmers attributed their good fortune to the tiny insects which they called “the beetles of our Lady.” The red color of the beetle represents Mary’s cloak and the black spots her sorrows. Through the years they eventually came to be known as ladybugs.

Even though they are called lady bugs, they do come in both the male and female varieties, and both sexes are called the same thing… “ladybugs.” To the naked eye it is hard to distinguish the male from female ladybugs, although, females are larger than males. And that is hard to distinguish unless they are next to each other.

This painting is part of a series featuring a ladybug. The next ladybug painting in this series is Ladybug #1 — Hanging On Tight.

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UPDATED: 16 May 2020

September 20, 2016October 26, 2020

Ladybug #1 – Hanging On Tight

Size: 6″ w x 6″ h
Support: Gallery wrap stretched canvas
Description: Close-up oil painting of a red ladybug hanging on tight to a leafy branch. This work of art will not require a frame as the image extends around the edges of the canvas surface.

ladybug 1 hanging on demo — Not to scale

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Artist Comments

This painting is the first of two featuring a ladybug. I actually worked on both paintings at the same time, i.e. Ladybug #1 and Ladybug #2. I painted the ladybug series on six inch by six inch canvases. For such a small creature, I felt 6×6 was the perfect size. I love ladybugs and had been wanting to paint one (or more) for quite some time.

I came across a really good deal on some small canvases and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to buy 24 of them. When my shipment of 6×6 canvases arrived, I thought this was the perfect time to paint the ladybugs. Before these two particular paintings it had been quite some time since I last painted on such a small canvas. It was a lot of fun and it didn’t take any time at all to finish it.

Now About The Ladybugs!

Ladybugs are wondrous little creatures! They are sometimes called lady beetles or ladybird beetles. They most commonly come in the colors of red, yellow and orange which fades as the beetle gets older. Some species have black spots while others have black stripes and still others are a solid color with no markings at all. Their bright colors serve to warn birds they don’t taste good.

Surprisingly there are over 6,000 different species of this particular insect. They are beneficial insects because ladybugs eat other insects like aphids that often damage agricultural crops and garden plants. As such, ladybugs are often grown commercially and sold to farmers and gardeners.

The life cycle of a ladybug consists of four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Depending on the species, female ladybugs may lay as many as 1,000 eggs from spring to early summer. It usually takes four days for their eggs to hatch.

The next painting in this series is Ladybug #2 — Almost Perfect Camouflage.

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UPDATED: 13 August 2020