This peaceful image depicts a serene monarch butterfly, resting in the Ontario backwoods.<p> "As an artist, I try to interpret nature because it is also my basic belief, that nature is a true source of our peace. If my work is effective in communicating that belief, then it speaks for me and I would like to think, that I have succeeded in this effort."
— Conrad Mieschke<p> The original artwork for "Mourning Cloak" was a watercolour painting.