{"id":322,"date":"2006-11-07T13:03:44","date_gmt":"2006-11-07T19:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lathamstudios.com\/rebeccasblog\/blog\/2006\/11\/07\/painting-butterflies\/"},"modified":"2006-11-07T13:03:44","modified_gmt":"2006-11-07T19:03:44","slug":"painting-butterflies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lathamstudios.com\/rebecca\/2006\/11\/painting-butterflies\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting Butterflies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo by Cirrus Digital Imaging - www.cirrusimage.com  --  I just started a miniature painting of a mourning cloak butterfly, nymphalis antiopa, last night.  I have had an interest in painting a variety of butterfly pieces for quite a while.  I believe I made some similar comments on the website a number of years ago.  Many ideas and very little time.\" height=\"211\" alt=\"Photo by Cirrus Digital Imaging - www.cirrusimage.com  --  I just started a miniature painting of a mourning cloak butterfly, nymphalis antiopa, last night.  I have had an interest in painting a variety of butterfly pieces for quite a while.  I believe I made some similar comments on the website a number of years ago.  Many ideas and very little time.\" hspace=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lathamstudios.com\/rebeccasblog\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/Mourning_cloak_butterfly.jpg?resize=487%2C211\" width=\"487\" border=\"0\" class=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">I just started a miniature painting of a mourning cloak butterfly, nymphalis antiopa, last night. I have had an interest in painting a variety of butterfly pieces for quite a while. I believe I made some similar comments on the website a number of years ago. Many ideas and very little time. :\/<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had so many wonderful opportunities to study so many different species of butterflies, both exotic species and native North American butterflies, but just haven&#8217;t gotten around to painting one of them yet. Sometimes I stew over ideas for paintings for a long while before they materialize. :)<\/p>\n<p>The idea for this painting originated from coming across one of these butterflies sunning itself on some gravel on a path I was walking on. I had never seen a living mourning cloak specimen before, though this part of Minnesota is in it&#8217;s habitat range, so it interested me quite a bit. After a period of about 15 minutes of sunbathing, it disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some of my visitors to the website and blog have expressed some interest in butterfly artwork. If anyone has any comments, suggestions, etc. &#8212; I would love to hear your thoughts on this. Please drop an email or leave a comment post in the blog. :)<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rebecca Latham | Wildlife Artist\" height=\"17\" alt=\"Rebecca Latham | Wildlife Artist\" hspace=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lathamstudios.com\/rebeccasblog\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/RL.gif?resize=26%2C17\" width=\"26\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Latham Studios | Wildlife Art\" height=\"33\" alt=\"Latham Studios | Wildlife Art\" hspace=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lathamstudios.com\/rebeccasblog\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/LizardClip_1.gif?resize=54%2C33\" width=\"54\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just started a miniature painting of a mourning cloak butterfly, nymphalis antiopa, last night. I have had an interest in painting a variety of butterfly pieces for quite a while. I believe I made some similar comments on the website a number of years ago. 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