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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.
Posted in My Paintings, Sierra Nevada Natural History, tagged Butterflies, Language, Mary P Williams, Natural History, Visual Symbols on October 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »
or … Butterfly Calligraphy … or Butterflies and Symbols …
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
The second was more specific … the patterns seem like graceful, spontaneous writing … if only we could read the messages!!
Mary P Williams 