Where the Blues Still Breathe by Fereshteh Farmand Explore Mondoir Studio Medium: Acrylic on 224 gr Canson paper Dimensions: 22.9 x 30.5 cm Year: 2025 Price: $450.00 USD Status: available This piece is about Karner Blue butterfly which can only survive by feeding on the Lupine plant Sadly it's now endangered because human development is destroying the environments where Lupine naturally grows. Why collect this work?A frontal figure is pressed against a dense field of blue butterflies, while one insect crosses her cheek. That contact turns an ecological subject into a bodily entanglement rather than a distant illustration. Farmand states that her practice connects human disorientation with nature. Here, the fixed gaze and repeated wing shapes support that concern, although the composed frontal pose also produces stillness rather than obvious uncertainty.The catalogue description identifies the insects as Karner Blue butterflies and the flowering stalk as lupine, presenting the plant as necessary to their survival. Face, hand, butterfly and flower form a compact chain of dependence.The documented medium is acrylic on 224 gsm Canson paper. In the photograph, opaque pale passages define the figure against darker, scattered marks, while outlined butterflies move between foreground motif and patterned ground.Dated 2025, the painting is useful for considering how an attractive natural motif can carry an account of habitat loss. The abundance of painted butterflies sits uneasily beside the catalogue’s stated concern with endangerment. About the ArtistFereshteh Farmand Fereshteh Farmand is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: painting. Based in Tehran, Iran. Nationality: Iranian Painter | Illustrator | Traditional & Digital Artist
