Signed Fine Art Print of the Great Spangled Fritillary

Speyeria cybele, the great spangled fritillary, is one of several similar species. As a boy I chased these beautiful butterflies across sunny fields, their bright orange wings seeming to glow in the sun; underneath, this species has reflective silver spots set against a mahogany ground color. It was a prize among young Lepidopterists, and I still have in my collection the few specimens that I was able to track down, carefully pinned and labelled and set among other typical butterflies of the upper midwest.

This painting is another in a series of works that faithfully and precisely reproduce the beautiful colors and physical design of the insects I have grown up studying since childhood. I paint in the style of my grandfather, Arthur Cushman, a noted illustrator who worked for the Smithsonian Institution and the USDA, and whose paintings and drawings helped set the standard for scientific illustration.

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> Printed on 230 gsm, 14 mil, acid-free, 100 percent cotton Fine Art Bright White paper

> Archival pigmented inks for superior resistance to fading, greater scratch resistance, and color stability.