Celestial Moths

A collection of open-edition art prints celebrating the mystery and beauty of moths under the mystical moonlight.

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The story behind

A few weeks into painting moths, something unexpected began happening--an experience that made me think about synchronicity. This was also a deeply reflective time in my life, which made the experience even more profound. I felt that there was something beyond my human understanding that connected me to these ethereal creatures. 

One evening, I thought a tiny hummingbird had entered my house. The shadow fluttered silently toward one of my ceiling lamps, so I quickly recognized the intruder: a moth, a couple of inches large, with beautiful brown patterns. 

As I chased it for a minute or so until I caught it under a cup and brought it back outside, I chuckled thinking that I've never seen a moth so big in my house, or outside my house for that matter. Also, I had just started painting moths for a scarf project a couple of weeks before. So you can imagine, I had been already diligently researching the many colorful moths of Earth.

A few days later... again, another moth. A smaller one, a different color. This time, I looked it up -- it was the "Orange Underwing Moth" and looked just like the name says.

In the following weeks, lo and behold, moths of all sizes began visiting me... I felt as if the universe was telling me to keep painting them! I even told my husband so. But the story was not over.

The month of August came with a traveler guest that totally blew my mind! One morning, my husband, already in on our running joke that I was the Moth Lady now, beckoned me to check out something outside. 

Right on the sunroom door screen, the biggest moth I had ever seen was chilling out, wings wide open... Its wings were rather tattered at the edges, a sign that this moth had seen a lot and traveled from afar.

 Of course, I took lots of pictures, and then began wondering what kind of moth would be the size of a palm (I am absolutely not exaggerating!). It measured seven inches across. My phone image info suggested I check out "Black Witch Moth". Indeed, the winged visitor was a female Black Witch. She had traveled all the way from South America, to deliver me a special message. 

Ever since, when I gaze outside at the moon, I imagine a new painting, a new friend visiting my canvas and whispering the story of its moonlit travels.