Denise J Howard

I found this trampled monarch butterfly near an overwintering site in Mexico, and found double meaning in its sad, dead form. It had faith that it would survive the winter to migrate in the spring, and didn't. And on a larger scale, I am losing faith that we will stop ourselves from driving these creatures to extinction.

Colored pencil on UART 600 paper

2nd Best of Show, Fine Arts League of Cupertino Day and Night Exhibition, 2022
Honorable Mention, Sheridan Art Prize, 2022
Exhibited in 27th Arts North International, Hopkins, MN, 2022
Exhibited in United Kingdom Coloured Pencil Society International Exhibition, London, 2021
1st Place Drawing, UArt Open, Redwood City, CA, 2018
Award of Merit, California Fine Art, Sacramento, CA, 2018
1st Place, UART Paper Colored Pencil Competition, 2017