Ordinary Brown Eyes
Once I met a brown butterfly up close. I was blessed to be in its presence — truly mesmerized, to be able to watch the extraordinary creature so near. What seemed plain brown from a distance revealed itself as patterned wings, each scale a fragment of quiet design, perhaps collecting the eyes on its back like stamps.
Unlike the blue butterfly, whose color comes from reflected light, the brown butterfly’s shades are born of pigment — earthy browns, reds, and oranges. Yet within that brown lie countless undertones. It is, in truth, an extremely colorful butterfly. In this painting, I have exaggerated those hidden hues.
This piece is a pause for seeing, for noticing what hides in plain sight — a reminder that ordinary doesn’t have to be boring; sometimes it is colorful, if you know where to look.