Soul Mate
Oil Pastel Framed 25x30
This piece may look familiar because it was begun 11 months ago. Two soul mate monarch butterflies perched for a short time on the porch of the house we have been lucky to stay in each spring. This was Florida, certainly not Michigan! I was inspired to capture them as they stayed there motionless for half a glorious tropical day. But, I was never pleased with the result, because I feel true soul mates should be rendered with more passion, fire, connection and balance than I originally expressed. Today, in the hopes of rekindling that emotion, I revisited the work and this was the result -- Better! The work is framed and finished, at least for the time being ...
