Zebra Swallowtail Kite Mandala
Sometimes the simplest moments and images bring the simplest pleasures in so many ways.
Yellow Maple Polyphemus Moth
My greatest moth encounter was with a beautiful specimen of a Polyphemus moth hovering below a streetlight in Houston, Texas, in 1983.
Butterflies and Bones
I know people sometimes say “You just can’t make this stuff up.” Well sometimes that is just what I do—I can’t help it—-Pairing of shapes, intermingling positive and negative spaces, decorative patterns, a pleasing color palette, and putting unrelated objects...
Trip into a Japanese iris Garden
A good friend and neighbor maintains a beautiful secret garden of plants and flowers. He shared with me a patch of delicate Japanese iris’ blossoming in his front yard on Friday. Iris japonica has light green leaves and flat flowers with dainty and fancy frilly petals...