White butterflies

 

               Coloring can be like creating alternate realities. It is a creative meditation that can allow you to create and re-create your reality. I intentionally paint things impossible colors and in doing so, make the impossible possible; like a science fiction writer, a magician... a Godd. In this painting, (the medium is colored pencil) the sky, which is indistinguishable from the sun's rays is simultaneously embodying the dawn, midday and night. The hills behind the trees remind me of planets, and they flow into the sky. The water is blue, purple and electric pink in spots; this reminds me of when you're swimming in a lake and it's cold in some places, cool in some places, and has some warm spots. The painting had so much color toward the end, that I couldn't bring myself to color the butterflies.