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WiL Vélez, Queen Over Tchefuncte, 2025.

The first completed (05/01) of an ongoing series I am calling "Winged Rivers," this painting features an aerial perspective of Southern Louisiana's Tchefuncte River, flipped, reversed, then incorporated into the wing patterns of native Queen butterflies. Subsequent paintings of The Series will feature the Mourning Cloak paired with the Tickfaw River, and the Monarch with the Tangipahoa River. I can't wait to share them all together!