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Purple Butterflies
12” x 12”  Acrylic on Canvas

Pink, purple, nor the combination of the two have ever been my favorite colors.  And you can ask my friends, Jen and Stacey, if I like butterflies.  Not even when Lisa Frank was popular in elementary school did I like butterflies.  What is the inspiration behind this painting then?  


It’s my neighbor who had a little baby girl last weekend.  She chose purple and brown butterfly decor with a tad bit of pink for her baby’s room.  For that reason I am happy with the finished product.  I struggled with a lot of the thoughts I mentioned in my first post and hesitated to finish the painting (I almost scrapped it when I was 15 minutes from finishing it).

I was inspired by the person more than the art, that’s the reason.

:: Rachel 

[Note:  If you’re wondering if I violated my own stipulations I set in the first post, the answer is “no” because she didn’t ask me to do it.  I was “inspired.”]