Endangered Mission Blue Butterfly Metal Print
by Mike Robles
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Endangered Mission Blue Butterfly metal print by Mike Robles. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of a metal print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The high gloss of the aluminum sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results.
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The painting is 9x12 inches and was done using artist quality acrylic paints, on watercolor paper bonded to a plywood panel. It was finished with... more
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Artist's Description
The painting is 9x12 inches and was done using artist quality acrylic paints, on watercolor paper bonded to a plywood panel. It was finished with three coats of gloss medium & varnish.
The Mission blue butterfly requires the type of coastal scrub and grassland habitat found only near the Golden Gate of San Francisco. Mission blues require one of three species of lupine to lay their eggs, for the nourishment of larvae, and from which adult Mission blues emerge. Without the lupine the Mission blue cannot reproduce; and thus cannot survive! The bottom butterfly is male.
About Mike Robles
About the Artist, Mike Robles I am a senior artist and a native Californian. I was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from Carlmont High School, Belmont in 1958. I graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 1963 with a BS in Physical Sciences. One week after graduating, I married Jane and this year we’ll be celebrating our 50th anniversary. My career as an analytical chemist for GE Nuclear Energy started in 1963 at the Hanford Engineering Works in Eastern Washington. In 1969, my family (wife and two sons) and I moved back to California and settled in Livermore. I continued working for GE for most of my 40 year career. I was exposed to art at a young age by my extremely gifted artist mother and step-father. But, I...
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Ramona Matei
Very nice, congrats on your sale!
Betty LaRue
Mike, so lovely! Congratulations!
Donna Brown
what an awesome painting, congratulation on your sale Mike
Bill Cannon
Congratulations on your sale!