The Butterfly Catchers

$400.00
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The Mount Coot-Tha Botanic Gardens are home to many fantastic works of art. One of my personal favourites in the sculpture titled “The Butterfly Catchers”. It’s from a series titled “The Human Factor” and was created by Brisbane's Artbusters in the late 1980s. The first iterations of the series were installed throughout the World Expo '88 site. The figures in the Botanic Gardens today are re-casts and re-imaginings for the 30th anniversary of Expo.

I painted this en plein air, and made the process into a video that I posted to my Youtube channel. And to accompany this painting I wrote a short poem:

The butterfly catchers must work fast

To catch a moment that will not last

Borne on flittering wings and minutes past

Before nature consumes them

The Mount Coot-Tha Botanic Gardens are home to many fantastic works of art. One of my personal favourites in the sculpture titled “The Butterfly Catchers”. It’s from a series titled “The Human Factor” and was created by Brisbane's Artbusters in the late 1980s. The first iterations of the series were installed throughout the World Expo '88 site. The figures in the Botanic Gardens today are re-casts and re-imaginings for the 30th anniversary of Expo.

I painted this en plein air, and made the process into a video that I posted to my Youtube channel. And to accompany this painting I wrote a short poem:

The butterfly catchers must work fast

To catch a moment that will not last

Borne on flittering wings and minutes past

Before nature consumes them

Oil on Wood Panel

24.5 x 24.5 cm including frame

Frame handmade by One Dog Barking

(frame included with purchase)