by Mindy Lighthipe | Nov 7, 2013 | Art Exhibits, Butterfly Art, Exhibitions, Insect Art, Native Species, Uncategorized
Eclosion- Art Exhibit to open in Austin Texas For the month of November and into early December there is a wonderful exhibit going on at the Art.Science.Gallery in Austin, Texas. I am honored that my painting of the Io Moth Lifecycle was selected by the jury out of...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Jul 12, 2013 | Butterfly Art, Costa Rica, Insect Art, Paintings, T-Shirt Designs, Uncategorized, Watercolor Tips
Paint Iridescence Blue Morpho butterflies are my favorite butterflies. They are part of the brushfoot butterflies from the Neo Tropics. I first saw one flying in Costa Rica and was mesmerized by the dazzling irridescent blue. The Latin word for the Order of...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Jul 9, 2012 | 52/52 Challenge, Botanical Art, Butterfly Art, Costa Rica, Insect Art, Paintings, Uncategorized
Painting # 25 52/52 Challenge "Mosiac Butterfly – Colobura dirce"- Watercolor by MLighthipe ©2012 It is time for me to start thinking about going to Costa Rica in February of 2013. It seems weird that in the heat of the summer I should be...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Mar 11, 2012 | 52/52 Challenge, Butterfly Art, Insect Art, Videos, Watercolor Tips
52/52 Painting Challenge Silence of the Lambs… The Death's Head Moth One of the scariest movies I have seen is Silence of the Lambs. I love Jody Foster and Anthony Hopkins. The two of them together along with the Death's Head Moth sent me into the movie...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Oct 1, 2011 | Botanical Art, Butterfly Art, Drawing Tips, Gouache, Graphite, Paintings, Uncategorized, Watercolor Tips
Today is October 1, 2011 and to my amazement here in Florida I woke up to 58 degrees! Since I moved from New Jersey in May we have hardly had a night under 72 or a day under 90 degrees. In New Jersey fall begins in September and the weather changes just around...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Jul 18, 2011 | Botanical Art, Butterfly Art, Exhibitions, Insect Art, Paintings
"Harbingers of Spring" ©2010 Mindy Lighthipe This past year I had the wonderful opportunity to enter a juried art exhibit, "Blossoms ll" sponsored by the Susan K Black Foundation. This is the 2nd time that the exhibition has happened. This...
