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Catteleya
Painting #4- 52/52 Painting Challenge Last night I attended the Gainesville Orchid Society meeting. I am a new member and found the group to be very friendly and very knowledgeable. I mostly joined...
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Catteleya #2
Painting #5- 52/52 Painting Challenge This Catteleya orchid was a super challenge to paint. The brilliant magenta glowed against the pale and subtle hues of the white petals and sepals. I had to use...
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Spectacled Flying Fox
52/52 Painting Challenge- Painting #6 The Spectacle Flying Fox is a large sized fruit bat that can have a wingspan of 5 ft. The latin name is Pteropus conspicillatus.They live primarily in the...
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The Green Iguana
52/52 Painting Challenge: Painting #7- Not Always Green! As some of you may know I was in love with an Iguana. His name was Father Mulcahy, named after the priest on the hit TV show called "Mash". He...
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Paint the Flowers First!
52/52 Painting Challenge- Painting # 9 Dendrobium lindleyi (aggregatum) Original Watercolor by Mindy Lighthipe ©2012 Dendrobium Aggregatum is also known as Dendrobium lindleyi. It is the first specie...
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Bodacious Cattleya!
Painting #12/Week #12 -Bodacious Cattleya "Bodacious Cattleya "20" x 24" Watercolor ©2012 MLighthipe I just finished this painting of another Cattleya. I just can't seem to get enough of them. The...
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Botanical Art- Paphiopedilum
Painting #15- Paphiopedilum "Dark Beauty" Original Watercolor Mindy Lighthipe ©2012 I was hoping to get this posted some time ago because I was out of the studio on vacation last week. I finished the...
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Final Flying Fox!
52/52 Painting Challenge Week # 16 The Year of the Bat Large Flying Fox (Pteropus vampyrus) Mindy Lighthipe © 2012 This is the final painting that I did from my Bat Photo Day at the Lubee Bat...
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Harlequin Beetle- Insect Art
52/52 Painting Challenge Week # 17 "Harlequin Beetle" Watercolor on Vellum; MLighthipe ©2012 It is almost 20 years ago that I decided to give up my profession as a handweaver and become a botanical...
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The Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica
20 years ago I made my first trip to Costa Rica. I had always wanted to see the rainforest. I went with some friends and we traveled by bicycle. Bicycling in Costa Rica was a challenge for me. To make...
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