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Open edition photo and poster orders: While I have some inventory, most items are printed after I receive a cleared payment from you. Items on this page may be ordered via the PayPal buttons (worldwide shipping) or via my Snail Mail Order Form (USA only). For more information on ordering, shipping costs, restrictions, packaging, etc., open the Purchase Information page. Click on the photos below to see a larger image. If the artwork is sold on eBay, Art Fire, Fine Art America, Cafe Press or Zazzle, a link will be shown to that website.
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Shane’s Monarch Book, 2nd Edition My son loves small books and he wanted a picture book of the monarchs. So I made one ACEO sized. This 14 page book is printed on heavy glossy paper and has photos showing the metamorphosis cycle. I let Shane help pick the photos, so some are different from the poster. Unlike the 1st edition, the 2nd edition has descriptive text with the photos. 2.5"x3.5". Printed on 48lb. HP glossy brochure paper. I assemble these by hand.
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Monarch Identification Bookmark/Chart This 2-sided chart can be used to identify the sex of adult butterflies, the instar stages of caterpillars and to help find monarch eggs. We use it during the summer to track the progress of the monarchs we’ve raised and released as well as charting the monarchs at the sites we’ve monitored. You can also use it as a bookmark. It is printed on 48lb. brochure paper and laminated. 7 5/8" x 3". :
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This educational chart includes 33 photos with commentary that highlight the differences between the sexes, a female ovapositing, a monarch egg hatching, a caterpillar shedding its skin, the 5 instar stages, a caterpillar changing to a chrysalis, the changes in the chrysalis, and the butterfly emerging. Perfect for teachers, clubs and monarch/butterfly buffs! Giclees are archival to 105 years. The posters will not last as long. See the bottom of the page for more info on giclees vs. posters. |
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Monarch Metamorphosis themed products (including large posters) are sold on these websites: Cafe Press • Fine Art America • Zazzle
All photos and posters are open edition. Note that the white border will not be visible if the photo or poster is matted. All of the photos below were taken with my Nikon D90. The examples shown in each listing below are the 8"x10" giclees. More info on giclees vs. posters is at the bottom of the page. If additional products are available at my Cafe Press, Fine Art America or Zazzle stores, at link will be listed to that item’s page.
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Monarch & Tropical Milkweed No2: This butterfly is only a few hours old and is hanging from the milkweed as its wings dry. Awesome detail -- you can see the butterfly’s scales! Also sold at: Fine Art America |
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Monarch & Tropical Milkweed No3: I wanted to highlight the butterfly by playing down the background in this shot. Also sold at: Cafe Press • Fine Art America |
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Monarch & Tropical Milkweed No4: This is one of the monarchs we raised and released. He’s hanging onto Silky Red tropical milkweed. Also sold at: Fine Art America |
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Monarch & Rudebeckia #2: Monarch butterfly resting on a rudebeckia flower (black-eyed susan). Another photo with great detail in the butterfly! Also sold at: Fine Art America |
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Monarch & Red Roses #2: Monarch butterfly resting on a red shrub rose. Wonderful detail in the butterfly! Also sold at: Fine Art America |
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Monarch & Pink Rose #2: Monarch butterfly hanging onto a pink Tiffany rose. Also sold at: Fine Art America |
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Monarch & Purple Asters #2: Backlit monarch butterfly nestled among purple asters. Also sold at: Fine Art America |
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Monarch & Coneflower #3: Monarch butterfly on a purple coneflower. I recommend this plant if you wish to attact butterflies to your garden. Also sold at: Fine Art America |
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Monarch & Coneflower #4: I am glad these flowers are easy to grow. Also sold at: Fine Art America |
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Monarch Butterfly Best Friends: I didn’t notice these two were touching until I enlarged the photo in my PC. Don't they look like they’re the best of friends? Also sold at: Cafe Press • Fine Art America |
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Monarch and Purple Mums No1: We raised, tagged and released this male monarch butterfly, who is resting on some purple chrysanthemums. Also sold at: Fine Art America |
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Monarch and Purple Mums No2: Rather than my usual green or black background, I decided on something different for this monarch photo. Also sold at: Fine Art America |
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Monarch and Orange Zinnia No1: The butteflies loved the zinnias that I grew in my rose garden. Also sold at: Fine Art America |
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Monarch and Orange Zinnia No2: As with many of my butterfly photos, you can see the scales in this one’s wings. Also sold at: Fine Art America |
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Monarch and Purple Zinnia: This is one of my favorite photos that I took during the 2010 butterfly season. Also sold at: Fine Art America |
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New Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis No2: What a beautiful gem of nature! This pupa (chrysalis) is 24 hours old and is a lovely transluscent jade green with black and metallic gold accents. Also sold at: Fine Art America |
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Monarch Chrysalis Near Eclosion No2: After almost 2 weeks as a chrysalis, the monarch butterfly inside is visible. This butterfly emerged (eclosed) within an hour of taking this photo. Also sold at: Fine Art America |
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Monarch Abstract No2: I was playing with my new Nikon macro lens and took a close-up of a monarch butterfly that we had raised and just released. Sometimes they hang around for several hours and sometimes they fly away right away. You can see the scales on the wings. Also sold at: Cafe Press • Fine Art America |
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Monarch Abstract No3: Close-up of a monarch butterfly’s wings. You can see the butterfly scales in this photo. Also sold at: Fine Art America |
Some monarch posters and giclees are listed on the Discontinued and Clearance Items page.
These artworks are not available through this website, however, you can go to my stores at the websites listed below to purchase items from them. The links to the specific pages are shown with each artwork.
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Monarch Butterfly Christmas/Holiday: I created this photo by combining 2 digital photos for my 2007 Christmas card. A unique holiday touch for any monarch or butterfly buff! Sold at: Cafe Press • Fine Art America • Zazzle |
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12 Months of Monarch Butterflies Calendar: January - December design: This calendar has been created using many of the photos above. December has the Monarch Christmas design shown above. Variable month design: does not have the Monarch Christmas design. I will try to change the months periodically so that this can be purchased at any time during the year. January thru December design sold at: Cafe Press • Zazzle (during the Christmas season) Variable month design sold at: Zazzle |
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18 Months of Monarch Butterflies Calendar: This calendar has the same photos as the 12 Months of Monarch Butterflies Calendar (variable design) plus 6 more monarch photos. I will try to change the months periodically so that this can be purchased at any time during the year. Sold at: Zazzle |
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Monarch Butterfly Metamorphsis Calendar: This 12 month calendar explains the life cycle of the monarch butterfly: differences between the sexes, examples of milkweed, a monarch egg hatching, a caterpillar shedding its skin, the 5 instar stages, a caterpillar changing to a chrysalis, the changes in the chrysalis, and the butterfly emerging. January - December design: December has the Monarch Christmas design shown above. Variable month design: has Monarch Abstract No2 (shown above) instead of the Monarch Christmas design. I will try to change the months periodically so that this can be purchased at any time during the year. January thru December design sold at: Cafe Press • Zazzle (during the Christmas season) Variable month design sold at: Zazzle |
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12 Months of Butterflies Calendar: The Cafe Press calendar is January thru December. This calendar has a variable month design at Zazzle, which I will try to update throughout the year. Butterflies include: Julia butterfly, common sulphur, male and female black swallowtails, queen butterfly, spicebush swallowtail, American painted lady, dark tiger swallowtail, eastern tailed blue, tiger swallowtail, grey hairstreak, monarch butterfly, zebra longtail. January thru December design sold at: Cafe Press Variable month design sold at: Zazzle |
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18 Months of Butterflies Calendar: This calendar has the same photos as the 12 Months of Butterflies Calendar plus 6 more monarch photos. I will try to change the months periodically so that this can be purchased at any time during the year. Butterflies include: Julia butterfly, common sulphur (2 photos), male and female black swallowtails, queen butterfly, spicebush swallowtail, American painted lady, dark tiger swallowtail, eastern tailed blue, tiger swallowtail (2), grey hairstreak, monarch butterfly (2 photos), zebra longtail, gulf fritillary, Aphrodite, little copper. Sold at: Zazzle |
Giclees: Giclee (zhee-clay) is a French word meaning a spray or a spurt of liquid and usually infers that the print or photo is archival. My giclees are printed on a museum quality semi-gloss photo paper (which has less problems with finger prints) using HP ink. Older giclees may be printed on high gloss photo paper. According to the manufacturer, the prints have a life span of at least 105 years. Except for the Metamorphosis Chart, giclees are printed on oversized paper for easier handling and matting: 5"x7" image is printed on 5.5"x8.5" paper, and 8"x10" image is printed on 8.5"x11" paper. Giclees have a copyright notice (eg: ©2009 Valerie Evanson • www.evansonart.com • open edition giclee) that is NOT visible when matted. See below examples below.
Posters: Posters are printed on semi-gloss photo paper. Older posters may be printed on high gloss photo paper. All posters have a copyright notice (eg: ©2009 Valerie Evanson • www.evansonart.com) in small print, usually in the lower left hand corner of the image. The white border will not show if you mat the posters. See below examples below.
Matting: is recommended, but not offered. Giclees and posters are printed so the image fits a standard mat without losing important parts of the image. 5"x7" fits an 8"x10" mat, 8"x10" fits an 11"x14" mat. 13"x19" posters fit an 18"x24" mat, just make sure you get the right window size (hole for the art) for your poster. Some matted giclees/posters maybe available on the Discontinued and Clearance Art page.
Handling: Giclees and posters should be handled with care from the edges and should be kept away from heat, humidity and direct sunlight. For more info on artwork care, see the Artwork Care & ACEO Display page.
Sizing and Copyright Notice: Different sizes will show more or less of the image as shown below. You can also see where the copyright notice is located. Note: this does not apply to the Metamorphosis Chart.
