Framed Unsad Yellow ButterflyPierre the Unsad Yellow ButterflyOur Pierre, with his yellow and black wings, is a tribute to NAC, which recently promoted to the Eredivisie. NAC = Breda = my hometown, so hooray.
And Pierre, just like a real taxidermy butterfly,…€ 185,00
Framed Unsad blue butterflyAnimal friendly Framed Blue ButterflyA blue butterfly painting in a box frame, just like the taxidermy butterflies. But without the sadnes. To celebrate how animal friendly you are.
Why 'Unsad Butterflies'?My Unsad Butterflies…€ 185,00
Framed Unsad MothAnimal friendly Framed MothA blue and red moth painting in a box frame, just like the taxidermy moths. But without the sadnes. To celebrate how animal friendly you are.
Why 'Unsad Butterflies'?My Unsad Butterflies are an…€ 185,00
Framed Unsad Red ButterflyAnimal friendly Framed Red ButterflyA red butterfly painting in a box frame, just like the taxidermy butterflies. But without the sadnes. To celebrate how animal friendly you are.
Why 'Unsad Butterflies'?My Unsad Butterflies are…€ 185,00
Framed Unsad Turquoise ButterflyAnimal friendly Framed Turqoise ButterflyA turqoise butterfly painting in a box frame, just like the taxidermy butterflies. But without the sadnes. To celebrate how animal friendly you are.
Why 'Unsad Butterflies'?My Unsad…€ 185,00
Framed Unsad Blue black red ButterflyAnimal friendly Framed Blue, Black and Red ButterflyA blue, black and red butterfly painting in a box frame, just like the taxidermy butterflies. But without the sadnes. To celebrate how animal friendly you are.
Why 'Unsad…€ 185,00
Framed Unsad Green ButterflyAnimal friendly Framed Green ButterflyA Green butterfly painting in a box frame, just like the taxidermy butterflies. But without the sadnes. To celebrate how animal friendly you are.
Why 'Unsad Butterflies'?My Unsad Butterflies…€ 185,00
Framed Unsad Peacock Eye ButterflyAnimal friendly Framed Peacock eye ButterflyA peacock eye butterfly painting in a box frame, just like the taxidermy butterflies. But without the sadnes. To celebrate how animal friendly you are.
Why 'Unsad Butterflies'?My Unsad…€ 185,00
Framed Unsad Black and Purple ButterflyAnimal friendly Framed Black and Purple ButterflyA black and purple butterfly painting in a box frame, just like the taxidermy butterflies. But without the sadnes.
Why 'Unsad Butterflies'?My Unsad Butterflies are an…€ 185,00
Animal Friendly Framed Butterflies
Always when I see those pretty blue butterflies mounted in a frame, I find them so sad. Little fragile pieces of colorful freedom. Therefore I made a growing series of water color butterflies, just like the mounted butterflies: in box frames.
Framed mounted butterflies
Is mounting real butterflies cruel? In my search I came across this article by Lindsey van Leeuwen:
'The butterflies often come from special butterfly farms from Asia and South America. On those farms they are not allowed to flutter around until they literally fall down. Butterflies that have completed their lives are often no longer in perfect condition. The wings are damaged, they have a snapped feeler or they are affected by other insects shortly after their death. In short: flying butterflies are not beautiful enough to frame.
But how do you get a flawless butterfly, without a single damage? De Keuringsdienst van Waarde also wondered about this. In this episode they went in search of the answer. Sellers in the Netherlands did not dare to burn their hands, as did the middlemen. No one wanted to give the true answer. Except for a butterfly farm in China. When the butterfly comes out of its cocoon, it is put alive in a bag. The butterfly can no longer move its wings and slowly dies; with a bit of luck, that will happen within a week. After that, it is ready to serve as home decoration. Read the full article here in dutch.'
My growing series animal friendly framed butterflies
So there you have it. I'll go on painting all kinds of butterflies and I'm going to try to make them so beautuiful, that people prefer to buy mine instead of the real ones.
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