Thursday, June 25, 2009

Fear of Butterflies



What can I say? Sometimes it takes so little to strike fear into the hearts of men.

Acrylic paint, beach glass, glass beads, slag, silver and pearls on marble.

3 comments:

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

Interesting piece, how fun!

My son is afraid of butterflies.

V said...

When I was very, very young, I was afraid of tulips. Yes, tulips! I was so attracted to the brilliant cup of red of the flower, so put my hand out to look inside and saw... the black pistils and stamens! I snatched my hand back quickly, as if they could crawl out onto me.

I think fear of butterflies is usually pretty much the same thing. The wings are brilliant, but they are attached to a black body (actually quite beautiful) and long black legs.

And then there are those people who cannot enjoy a peach because of the fuzzy skin.

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

I love peaches, fuzzy skin and all.

That statue at the War memorial looks as if that young woman is afraid of butterflies--do you know the one I mean?