Shop of the Day: It is a pleasure to have New York City artist, Gretchen Wagoner, as shop of the day today. Gretchen’s shop is filled with prints of her original artwork, including painting, drawing. Her butterfly series is beautiful. I love the combination of knotted ropes with the wings of the butterflies.
Here’s Gretchen’s artist statement about this series…
“I am fascinated with butterflies and knots. My interest lies in the delicate yet resilient characteristics of a butterfly as opposed to the robust and stabilizing mechanisms of a knot. Natural examples of conformity and a deviation; both are symbolically used to describe physical characteristics brought on by strong emotional reactions…“
…Visit Gretchen Wagoner’s shop and website for more…
