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Mexican Bluewing

Posted in Butterflies, Natural Phenomena, Texas, tagged on April 18, 2017| Leave a Comment »

We went out to Estero Llano to see the Mexican Bluewing and got caught in thunder, lightning and RAIN ! It was very exhilarating. There we encountered the Mexican Bluewing butterfly.

Mexican Bluewing Butterfly with Wings Closed

Mexican Bluewing Butterfly with Wings Closed

What wonderful camouflage.

Mexican Bluewing Butterfly with Wings Open

Mexican Bluewing Butterfly with Wings Open

And then it spreads its wings and SPLENDOR.

The day before Easter, while writing about these ephemeral creatures, the largest non-nuclear bomb in the history of man has been dropped on Afghanistan. It is hard to imagine that these tiny concerns over what a butterfly might like to eat exist on the same planet as the massive destruction of habitat seen on Ameican TV. Mind-wrenching!

 

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Language of the Butterflies

Posted in My Paintings, Natural Phenomena, tagged , , , , on April 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Butterflies II by Mary P Williams

Butterflies II by Mary P Williams

If language is thought of as “a system of communication …either written or spoken,” another category might be added : visual symbols can also carry a message. This fanciful painting explores the concept that butterflies “talk” to each other using the marks on their wings. Here is a collection of marks taken from various species of butterflies with a dollop of imagination.

 

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The Language of Butterflies …

Posted in My Paintings, Sierra Nevada Natural History, tagged , , , , on October 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »

or … Butterfly Calligraphy … or Butterflies and Symbols …

The Language of Butterflies I

The Language of Butterflies I

There are several butterflies with names suggesting symbols we are all familiar with. There is the “comma” butterfly and the “question mark” butterfly, the “twin spot” and the “sickle-winged”, the “crazy eight” and the “red-disked”.  Many have eye-spots intended to deceive their predators.   My first painting was an attempt to assemble some of the common symbols and show them on butterflies.

Butterflies II by Mary P Williams

Butterflies II by Mary P Williams

The second was more specific … the patterns seem like graceful, spontaneous writing … if only we could read the messages!!

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