Moth Flowers Original Painting

Acrylic on black matboard, 2009

26 x 26” framed; archival matboard, metallic wood frame

I love painting white on black, and the idea of painting a collection of ghostly moth-pollinated flowers seemed like the perfect subject matter. Most of these flowers are fragrant to draw moths in, and have long tubes with nectar at the bottom, perfect for a hovering moth with a long proboscis.