This whimsical portrait of a Black woman was done using acrylics on wrapped canvas. I came to love birds and butterflies as a child helping my grandmother in her garden. She grew vegetables and flowers, but what I was most interested in were the birds and butterflies that visited.

Title: Peace, Serenity

Medium: Acrylics and acrylic markers on 8 × 10 × 1.5 in canvas

Artist: Betty Refour