Bits of Flight by Lucy Arnold

Bits of Flight

30×22 watercolor This painting was inspired by feathers and butterfly wings that I found while hiking on Marin trails. I already had a peacock and blue macaw feather, so all the …

Worlds Within

22×30 mixed watermedia The technique used to paint this piece is the same as for my other mixed media abstracts, but there was a different intent. It was actually meant to …

Intersections

22×30 mixed watermedia My abstract pieces may appear to be either microcosm or cosmic macrocosm, but each has an internal rather than an objective source.  The subject matter is energy, dimensions and multiple …

Veiled Labyrinth

22×30 mixed water media My abstract pieces may appear to be either microcosm or cosmic macrocosm, but each has an internal rather than an objective source.  The subject matter is energy, dimensions and …

Cosmic Clouds

22×30 mixed watermedia This piece is a cosmic abstract painting, but is not based on any photographs or other images. The source is internal.  The subject matter is energy, dimensions, multiple realities …

Parrot Fish by Lucy Arnold

Parrotfish

9×12 watercolor; 11×14 framed Coral Reef Series Could any fish be more fabulously colorful than a parrotfish? They munch on the coral, but I love them anyway. Click here to …

Handsome Crowd by Lucy Arnold

Handsome Crowd

30×22 watercolor; 35×28 framed Handsome Crowd features a selection of fish that are not the flashiest or most colorful, but which I find particularly handsome. Orangespine Unicornfish, Achilles Tang, Ornate Butterflyfish and …

Moorish Idol watercolor by Lucy Arnold

Moorish Idol

9×12 watercolor; 11×14 framed Coral Reef Series The Moorish Idol, with its long, trailing dorsal fin extension waving along behind it, is a lovely, graceful coral reef fish. Even the …

Humuhumu

Humuhumu

9×13 watercolor; 11×14 framed Coral Reef Series Humuhumunukunukuapua’a, or Humuhumu for short, is the state fish of Hawaii. This Hawaiian name means “triggerfish with a snout like a pig.” The …

Clownfish waterolor by Lucy Arnold

Clownfish

9×13 watercolor; 13×17 framed Coral Reef Series Clownfish, or Anemonefish, come in yellow, orange, red or blackish colors, often with white stripes or bars. They live in symbiotic relationship with sea anemones. …

Saddle Wrasse watercolor by Lucy Arnold

Saddle Wrasse

9×12 watercolor; 11×14 framed Coral Reef Series There are other, even more colorful species of wrasse endemic to Hawaii, but the Saddle Wrasse is the one I see most often there. Like …

Rainbow Butterflies by Lucy Arnold

Rainbow Butterflies

30×22 watercolor Butterflies come in every color, so I chose monochromatic ones (just one color plus black and white) to make up the rainbow. The border is made of strips …

Resplendent Forester Butterfly, Bebearia sp.

Resplendent Forester Butterfly

13×19 watercolor 19×25 framed Solo Butterfly Series This wonderfully colorful butterfly was discovered in a rainforest of Ghana in 2012. It is the Resplendent Forester butterfly, Bebearia sp. There are several Forester …

Red, White, Black by Lucy Arnold

Red, White, Black

30×22 watercolor This watercolor of butterflies is a study in monochramatic design. That is, the color scheme is just one hue (red) plus black and white. I did do some …

Blue Clipper butterfly, Parthenos sylvia

Blue Clipper

9×13 watercolor 13×17 framed Solo Butterfly Series The Blue Clipper Butterfly, Parthenos sylvia, was challenging to paint – especially in my favorite medium, watercolor. But I found the blue version of …

Death's Head Moth Acherontia-atropos by Lucy Arnold

Death’s Head Hawkmoth

9×13 watercolor 13×17 framed Solo Butterfly Series The Death’s Head Hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos, sports a skull-like design on its body.  This fact, of course, has lent it a certain macabre …

Funerary Dagger Moth Acronicta-funeralis by Lucy Arnold

Funerary Daggermoth

9×13 watercolor 13×17 framed Solo Butterfly Series The Funerary Daggermoth (Acronicta funeralis) seems appropriately named for its interesting markings. Rather macabre, though, right? The caterpillar of this moth is know as …

ruddy daggerwing butterflly

Ruddy Daggerwing

9×13 watercolor 13×17 framed Solo Butterfly Series The Ruddy Daggerwing butterfly (Marpesia petreus) is of theNymphlid family. Its range extends from Brazil north through Central America, Mexico, the West Indies and …

Milkweed Tussock Moth by Lucy Arnold

Milkweed Tiger Moth

9×13 watercolor Solo Butterfly Series The Milkweed Tiger Moth, Euchaetes egle, is a North American species. It is a very drab sort of moth – if one only looks at …

Harlequin Beetle by Lucy Arnold

Harlequin Beetle

9×13 watercolor The aptly named Harlequin Beetle, Acrocinus longimanus, is a longhorned beetle native to the Americas. This fabulously patterned beetle is quite large, growing to about 3″ in body …