Insect Paintings
2010s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Charcoal, Powder Coating, Oil, Acrylic
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Animal Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Mixed Media
2010s Medieval Portrait Paintings
Gold Leaf
Artist Comments
In a forest where muted light filters through the trees, two brightly colored birds perch on a mossy branch. One sits calmly facing forward, while the other lea...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Silk, Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Gold Leaf
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Masonite, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
1980s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
Mid-20th Century Academic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil, Gouache
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
Mid-20th Century French School Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century French School Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Academic Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Panel
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Magazine Paper
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Mixed Media
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil, Panel
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Gouache, Wood Panel
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Masonite, Oil
2010s Symbolist Figurative Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
This painting is of a black swallowtail butterfly. The butterfly is painted larger than life to show all of the detail. It has a mystical quality as the butterfly seems to float above the garden with a few stars beginning to appear on a lavender sky.
About the Artist
Kira Yustak paints fantastical scenes that come from her childhood memories, dreams, and the natural world. Each piece feels like part of a larger narrative of an alternative reality, rendered in a style she describes as comic realism. She feels art must trigger something inside the viewer’s soul.Kira currently lives in New Jersey and finds inspiration in the work of Lowbrow, Folk, and Surrealist artists.
Words that describe this painting: butterfly, insect, garden, stars, wings, animals, representational, acrylic painting, purple
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Gouache
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Egg Tempera, Board
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Egg Tempera, Illustration Board
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Mixed Media, Paper
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
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