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Art Studio: Cynthia Padilla

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My east-facing studio reveals a garden filled with native plants and flowers and their visiting birds and butterflies. I am a botanical artist/natural science illustrator and draw plants, birds and butterflies. A delicate feather drawn and painted to match the exact likeness of the one before me can take hours to complete. My surroundings must bring peace and joy for the time I am engaged in a project.

If you want to know how I got into this genre, in 1979, take a read of the article The Wild Color of Insects in Dig This magazine.