Butterfly Boy

 This is the fourth commission I've done for Maria. It's acrylic on canvas, 11"x 14", and painted from a picture she took in Mexico where she used to live. The boy surrounded by the yellow butterflies is one of her four (soon to be five) sons.

I like how this one turned out a lot. I was trying out kind of an impasto style painting, putting down a thick layer of gesso with a palette knife to begin with, and then adding lots of heavy body acrylics atop that, resulting in nice thick textures and depth.