In October of 2004 I was asked if I would participate in the 'BUTTERFLY INITIATIVE'.

KOCE-TV Orange County, California's PBS affiliate recruited Southern California artists to donate their time to create butterflies with materials of their choosing. 

Each artist was provided with a metal stand and butterfly frame measuring 5 ½ feet across. 

The butterflies were first exhibited at Rogers Garden in Corona Del Mar for the month of February and on March 4^th, they were auctioned off to raise funds for

 education endowment.  My butterfly featured more than 300 photographs I shot at the Santa Ana Zoo.

Eight mosaics of 40-50 photographs grace the wings of the butterfly. 

My 'Mosaic Butterfly' was formally dedicated at the Santa Ana Zoo in California on March 5, 2005 where it stands today.

me and my mosaic butterfly	top of butterfly	underside of butterfly	Dixie unveils the mosaic butterfly at the Santa Ana Zoo
capabara panel	eagle panel	lemur panel	ostrich panel
sloth panel	coral snake panel	toucan panel	turkey panel

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