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Masked Wings, Folk Art Butterfly in Orange and Green

A symmetrical butterfly with wide, dark brown wings is covered in scribbly-edged oval rings in green, yellow and orange. Its central body is a teardrop of orange and green with stacked eye-like and mask-like shapes. The whole figure sits on a pale, softly rippled cream background.

Someone wants this piece because it is a butterfly that does not look like any other butterfly. The wings are dark brown and covered in rough-edged rings of green, yellow and orange. The body is a teardrop that reads as a mask or face in green, orange and red. It sits on a pale, softly rippled cream ground. It is bold and decorative, and the hand-drawn edges keep it from looking mechanical. It suits a buyer who wants colour and pattern with a little personality rather than a realistic insect portrait.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski