art and soul - Lepido-mosaic art - butterfly art

There was a little child who was inspired by art,

books, science and nature.

He painted, taught, travelled, collected, fought and innovated.

He was an environmental advocate

who expressed his love for nature

through butterfly conservation.

While most people ignore, step on or throw

the wings of broken dead butterflies on the ground,

a little child collected them.

Like other artists before him,

he initially used water color and oil to paint.

He grew up and did what no one else has done before.

He made art using wings of broken,

dead or naturally expired butterflies.

The birth of the Lepido-mosaic art began

when an artist meticulously

took each butterfly broken wings

and turn them into portraits,

natural and historical landscapes.

When art, science and love of nature collide,

we see precious art that is one of a kind.

I never met the man

but our mothers share the same name.

There is no blood relation

but in the universe there is

art and soul connection.

art by Professor Julian Jumalon ( 1909-2009)