Falling or Flying?

The trees in front of the cabin are raining small yellow leaves throughout the day now!  Not to be confused with the yellow butterflies: It caught me by surprise at first, when the falling leaves danced in the wind and then playfully flew away!

This painting was created after finding a blue butterfly wing in the garden this summer. I took the artistic approach here, letting the blue highlights dominate. The actual wing could appear quite dark up close, but it was the reflected color that caused me to leave the garden path to retrieve the specimen.

4 x 6 oil on gallery wrap canvas