Original artwork description:

This is the forth "Somewhere over the rainbow" artwork that I've created and again I've done things the other way round to how I normally create - firstly I punch-cut lots of butterflies from heavy watercolour paper and arranged/attached them in undulated lines diagonally across a square sheet of the same paper.

So that was my blank canvas to start my painting rather than painting first and cutting my butterflies from the painting.

I then painted the rainbow colours onto the "butterfly square" with watercolours, splattered the colours so that the paint reached the background paper, and added gold leaf to some random butterflies which adds a sparkle to the whole piece.

The result is a very bold colourful modern textured relief design revealing individual butterflies on closer inspection, with different shadows cast, and reflecting gold leaf from the up-turned wings depending on the direction of the light.

Materials used:

Watercolour and gold leaf on heavy watercolour paper framed within a white deep glazed (perspex) box frame

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