Day 15... "Monarch Days"

Well, here it is! This is a 12x12 inch acrylic painting of a Monarch Butterfly sipping nectar from a purple coneflower. I want to do more work like this where I can play with what is going on in the background. I am going for the very out of focus look, you know there are other things there, but you can't make them out. They are less important than what is going on in the foreground,... But, you can't have a foreground without a background, so it has to be there. I like the general softness of this painting. The crystal clear butterfly, with all of its contrasts, makes a nice balance with the softer flowers and blur in the back. Remember, this painting is for sale at my etsy store.