Butterfly People of Joplin Missouri

This is an 8″ x 10″ illustration by Carolina Lebar on cold press paper using Tombow MONO pencils and embellished with gold paint.

NOTE : This sale is for the original illustration only. It will arrive matted, frame not included.

Watch the video of me live drawing this piece on my IGTV at https://www.instagram.com/tv/CLxzXNoDC9o/

May 22, 2011 just after one of the most deadly tornado’s hit Joplin, Missouri, the children who were caught in the actual storm told stories of the “butterfly people”. These were sightings of winged people that protected people from actual flying debris and were also said to have brought people up into the sky. Angels? Maybe. Interesting? Definitely! So this illustration is my depiction of the stories of the butterfly people of Joplin, Missouri, with the triangle expressing the funnel of the tornado.