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Blue Trees and Butterflies is a portrait of a Mexican heroine, by Derbyshire based Scottish Artist John McDonald. This is the fourth painting in John's Mexican Heroine series, of which the best known is Butterfly Cry, which sold in Miami, and has sold prints around the world in Sweden, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and the US. Blue Trees and Butterflies It is unique of its kind as it is the only image John has created with direct reference to his Mexican Heroin, as a tribute rather than a pastiche. The Mexican Heroine's own self portrait depicts her holding a line on which butterflies rest, standing by the crumbling blue-plastered outer wall of her home. John, who has a very literal kind of empathy with the Mexican Heroine, related to her physical and mental suffering, has developed his own version, with the theme of 'a line of colour' belonging to the artist. In Blue Trees and Butterflies John explores the notion of colour and form, that takes on meaning from the artist's brush. The Mexican Heroine is placed in a bower of blue trees, with her famous 'Blue House' being transformed into nature, and a stunning and subtle background of blues, pinks and greens, that seem to run in rivulets down the canvas. John continues to explore the person of the Mexican Heroine, as a symbol of the power of creativity to change suffering into beauty. The idea of Blue Trees and Butterflies is in blurring the line between art and nature, and that the colour applied by the artist, becomes the artist herself. This is an early painting by John McDonald, which is on a lesser quality canvas, however it is priced according to its popularity, and the fact that it is difficult to part with.
Blue Trees and Butterflies is a portrait of a Mexican heroine, by Derbyshire based Scottish Artist John McDonald. This is the fourth painting in John's Mexican Heroine series, of which the best known is Butterfly Cry, which sold in Miami, and has sold prints around the world in Sweden, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and the US. Blue Trees and Butterflies It is unique of its kind as it is the only image John has created with direct reference to his Mexican Heroin, as a tribute rather than a pastiche. The Mexican Heroine's own self portrait depicts her holding a line on which butterflies rest, standing by the crumbling blue-plastered outer wall of her home. John, who has a very literal kind of empathy with the Mexican Heroine, related to her physical and mental suffering, has developed his own version, with the theme of 'a line of colour' belonging to the artist. In Blue Trees and Butterflies John explores the notion of colour and form, that takes on meaning from the artist's brush. The Mexican Heroine is placed in a bower of blue trees, with her famous 'Blue House' being transformed into nature, and a stunning and subtle background of blues, pinks and greens, that seem to run in rivulets down the canvas. John continues to explore the person of the Mexican Heroine, as a symbol of the power of creativity to change suffering into beauty. The idea of Blue Trees and Butterflies is in blurring the line between art and nature, and that the colour applied by the artist, becomes the artist herself. This is an early painting by John McDonald, which is on a lesser quality canvas, however it is priced according to its popularity, and the fact that it is difficult to part with.
Blue Trees and Butterflies is a portrait of a Mexican heroine, by Derbyshire based Scottish Artist John McDonald. This is the fourth painting in John's Mexican Heroine series, of which the best known is Butterfly Cry, which sold in Miami, and has sold prints around the world in Sweden, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and the US. Blue Trees and Butterflies It is unique of its kind as it is the only image John has created with direct reference to his Mexican Heroin, as a tribute rather than a pastiche. The Mexican Heroine's own self portrait depicts her holding a line on which butterflies rest, standing by the crumbling blue-plastered outer wall of her home. John, who has a very literal kind of empathy with the Mexican Heroine, related to her physical and mental suffering, has developed his own version, with the theme of 'a line of colour' belonging to the artist. In Blue Trees and Butterflies John explores the notion of colour and form, that takes on meaning from the artist's brush. The Mexican Heroine is placed in a bower of blue trees, with her famous 'Blue House' being transformed into nature, and a stunning and subtle background of blues, pinks and greens, that seem to run in rivulets down the canvas. John continues to explore the person of the Mexican Heroine, as a symbol of the power of creativity to change suffering into beauty. The idea of Blue Trees and Butterflies is in blurring the line between art and nature, and that the colour applied by the artist, becomes the artist herself. This is an early painting by John McDonald, which is on a lesser quality canvas, however it is priced according to its popularity, and the fact that it is difficult to part with.
Blue Trees and Butterflies is a portrait of a Mexican heroine, by Derbyshire based Scottish Artist John McDonald. This is the fourth painting in John's Mexican Heroine series, of which the best known is Butterfly Cry, which sold in Miami, and has sold prints around the world in Sweden, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and the US. Blue Trees and Butterflies It is unique of its kind as it is the only image John has created with direct reference to his Mexican Heroin, as a tribute rather than a pastiche. The Mexican Heroine's own self portrait depicts her holding a line on which butterflies rest, standing by the crumbling blue-plastered outer wall of her home. John, who has a very literal kind of empathy with the Mexican Heroine, related to her physical and mental suffering, has developed his own version, with the theme of 'a line of colour' belonging to the artist. In Blue Trees and Butterflies John explores the notion of colour and form, that takes on meaning from the artist's brush. The Mexican Heroine is placed in a bower of blue trees, with her famous 'Blue House' being transformed into nature, and a stunning and subtle background of blues, pinks and greens, that seem to run in rivulets down the canvas. John continues to explore the person of the Mexican Heroine, as a symbol of the power of creativity to change suffering into beauty. The idea of Blue Trees and Butterflies is in blurring the line between art and nature, and that the colour applied by the artist, becomes the artist herself. This is an early painting by John McDonald, which is on a lesser quality canvas, however it is priced according to its popularity, and the fact that it is difficult to part with.
Blue Trees and Butterflies is a portrait of a Mexican heroine, by Derbyshire based Scottish Artist John McDonald. This is the fourth painting in John's Mexican Heroine series, of which the best known is Butterfly Cry, which sold in Miami, and has sold prints around the world in Sweden, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and the US. Blue Trees and Butterflies It is unique of its kind as it is the only image John has created with direct reference to his Mexican Heroin, as a tribute rather than a pastiche. The Mexican Heroine's own self portrait depicts her holding a line on which butterflies rest, standing by the crumbling blue-plastered outer wall of her home. John, who has a very literal kind of empathy with the Mexican Heroine, related to her physical and mental suffering, has developed his own version, with the theme of 'a line of colour' belonging to the artist. In Blue Trees and Butterflies John explores the notion of colour and form, that takes on meaning from the artist's brush. The Mexican Heroine is placed in a bower of blue trees, with her famous 'Blue House' being transformed into nature, and a stunning and subtle background of blues, pinks and greens, that seem to run in rivulets down the canvas. John continues to explore the person of the Mexican Heroine, as a symbol of the power of creativity to change suffering into beauty. The idea of Blue Trees and Butterflies is in blurring the line between art and nature, and that the colour applied by the artist, becomes the artist herself. This is an early painting by John McDonald, which is on a lesser quality canvas, however it is priced according to its popularity, and the fact that it is difficult to part with.
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Blue Trees and Butterflies is a portrait of a Mexican heroine, by Derbyshire based Scottish Artist John McDonald. This is the fourth painting in John's Mexican Heroine series, of which the best known is Butterfly Cry, which sold in Miami, and has sold prints around the world in Sweden, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and the US. Blue Trees and Butterflies It is unique of its kind as it is the only image John has created with direct reference to his Mexican Heroin, as a tribute rather than a pastiche. The Mexican Heroine's own self portrait depicts her holding a line on which butterflies rest, standing by the crumbling blue-plastered outer wall of her home. John, who has a very literal kind of empathy with the Mexican Heroine, related to her physical and mental suffering, has developed his own version, with the theme of 'a line of colour' belonging to the artist. In Blue Trees and Butterflies John explores the notion of colour and form, that takes on meaning from the artist's brush. The Mexican Heroine is placed in a bower of blue trees, with her famous 'Blue House' being transformed into nature, and a stunning and subtle background of blues, pinks and greens, that seem to run in rivulets down the canvas. John continues to explore the person of the Mexican Heroine, as a symbol of the power of creativity to change suffering into beauty. The idea of Blue Trees and Butterflies is in blurring the line between art and nature, and that the colour applied by the artist, becomes the artist herself. This is an early painting by John McDonald, which is on a lesser quality canvas, however it is priced according to its popularity, and the fact that it is difficult to part with.

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Size:35.5 W x 47 H x 1 D in

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