"Transmutation" Death's Head Moth Painting 10x8

Transform your walls with this death's head moth painting by Aimee Schreiber. Featuring an exquisite yellow and black death's head hawk moth (acherontia atropos) with a delicate gold leaf halo against a backdrop of sun-drenched maple leaves, this vibrant painting invites you to contemplate transformation and impermanence. 

Symbolism: Moths remind us to trust our transformational process and seek the light in dark places, opening our eyes to the ephemeral beauty and freedom on the other side of change. Leaves remind us to notice the impermanent, cyclic nature of reality.

Click to view the entire moth collection.

Details: This original artwork is a one-of-a-kind acrylic and gold leaf painting on a 10 x 8 inch (25.4 cm x 20.3 cm) linen-wrapped board. The painting comes framed in a captivating black closed-corner carved wood frame with art deco accents and antiqued gold leaf that measures 11.25 x 13.5 inches around the outside. The piece arrives ready to hang with a wire hanger so you can enjoy the art right away!

Using quality professional-grade materials, this gorgeous painting was made with an eye for detail and a love for nature's beauty. The rich colors and dramatic textures together with lush natural elements, graphic forms, and metallic gleam create an artful, mysterious look that would look at home in an eclectic gallery wall or gracing a special wall on its own.

Artist:Aimee Schreiber. View all of her art and follow her @aimeeschreiber

Please note: Colors vary from screen to screen and are represented as accurately as possible. The metallic leaf and glossy, protective varnish create interesting, shimmering effects depending on the angle of the viewer.

*This piece is currently on display at Uptown Grill for Olympia Arts Walk. It can be picked up from The Copper Wolf or shipped the week of October 7th if you purchase it. 

Experience the profound beauty of nature and metamorphic magic with "Transmutation," part of a new collection of paintings featuring moths and leaves. The intricate details, vibrant colors, and rich symbolism of these paintings will uplift your space and your spirit. 

"I wanted to explore seasons and nostalgia using golden moths and leaves, focusing on the qualities of late afternoon light in the trees surrounding my home. This poem is based on the titles of the nine paintings in this collection." 

Emanations

The amber alchemy
of afternoon,
latest summer,
latest shimmer
when gossamer lashes
half-open, half-closed
entanglements gathered
and morning, transposed
and memories woven, threads unenclosed,
while time glimmers
outside…

Effulgent, sunlit
emanations
always ancient,
always emerging,
both new and familiar
the wheel’s resurrection,
its essence, ethereal-
a curved recollection
transmuting daylight’s
dazzling reflection
through its luminous
labyrinth…

Green to gold,
blue to blush
the gilded splendor
of autumn’s rush
then all the glow
of gloaming’s hush