Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly & Summer Flowers

Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly & Summer Flowers (Purple Carnations, Chicory, Black-eyed Susan, Cosmos, & Queen Anne's Lace)

This was my wedding bouquet. I loved the dark purple carnations, which my husband bought for me. The rest of the flowers were picked from our garden. There was a Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly on it that my entomologist husband collected in Dauphin County, PA in 2004. He surprised me after I finished preparing the bouquet Zebra Swallowtail Butterflies (Protographium marcellus) are native to the eastern US and southeast Canada. I think it was very unique to have one of them on the summer flowers.

**If you would like a painting of your bouquet, please do not hesitate to contact me for a custom order. It will also make a wonderful gift for your loved ones, such as your wife, mother, daughter, and friend.

Available at https://www.etsy.com/listing/194710965/zebra-swallowtail-butterfly-summer?ref=shop_home_active_1
& https://www.etsy.com/shop/KuenArtShop

A peek at my desk again.

A peek at my desk again today. Do you know what they are?

A peek at my desk yesterday and today.

A peek at my desk yesterday and today. Have a great day, everybody!

The KuenArtShop poster in our favorite Mulberry tree.

My little humble name cards in a wooden bowl that I bought decades ago when I traveled to China with my friend, Patty.

The MOTHer Underwing framed picture is a gift to our dear friend, Rosy who is a wonderful friend of ours, a great grandma and mom who loves to grow plants.

The handmade poster and name cards along with some of my handmade cards and postcards will be sent to Rosy's booth in a farmer's market in Pennsylvania today. So, to my friends and family who live in PA: if you visit your local farmer's market next week, see if you can find them. Please let me know Happy weekend to everyone! P.S. The MOTHer Underwing framed picture is a gift to our dear friend, Rosy who is a wonderful friend of ours, a great grandma and mom who loves to grow plants.

Chinese Indigo Miao Batik

 

Chinese Indigo Miao Batik-Butterflies, Birds, Insects, Flowers, Blue, White

In 2008, I drew and wrote along my journey for five months in China. I learned the traditional Miao Batik and was inspired to create a lot of batik work while I was staying in Guizhou, China. These are two of them.

The story:
Butterflies: In the ancient “Maple Song,” Butterfly Mother married a water bubble and laid twelve eggs. One of them hatched as Jiangyang, the ancestor of the Miao people. The rest of them hatched into a dragon, the Thunder God, and a range of animals.
Birds symbolize fertility and happiness. A folktale says that the Wagtail helped Butterfly Mother hatch her twelve eggs.
In Miao life, animals, insects, human beings, and plants are all connected. Miao people pursue harmony, peace, and unity in their relationships with nature and the world.
More stories: Kuen Kuen's travel journal in China in 2008 - 娟娟的2008中國旅遊日記 https://www.facebook.com/kuenkuenliuspichiger

故事:
蝴蝶：在古代的「楓樹歌」中，蝴蝶媽媽與水泡成婚，並誕下十二隻
蛋；其中一隻蛋孵出苗族的始祖姜央，餘下的孵化成各種動物、雷神
和龍。
鳥：象徵繁殖生命和快樂。傳說鶺鴒鳥幫蝴蝶媽媽孵化她的十二隻蛋。
動物、昆蟲、人類及植物互相連結：這代表苗族人追求人與大自然之間的協調、和平及融洽。
更多的故事: Kuen Kuen's travel journal in China in 2008 - 娟娟的2008中國旅遊日記 https://www.facebook.com/kuenkuenliuspichiger

Prints are available at https://www.etsy.com/listing/193685051/chinese-indigo-miao-batik-two-prints