A couple of months ago, Miste Caulder, a fine artist from Riverside, California, asked my permission to paint one of my butterflies, the common blue which I photographed in Northumbria last year.  Well this is it, and a very fine painting it is.  Miste has used a little artistic licence to alter the background and so highlight the butterfly and I think the result is great.

 

 

 

You can get to Miste’s website by using this link: www.mcaulderfineartist.com (but, as I write this, I know the site is in its early stages of development), and you can check out the original photo below.