Paper-Thin Gran with Old Southern Lady Moth

I find these particular moths quite frequently in my studio, on ledges, just sitting there. Apparently they are known to do this, without too much fluttering, and I think this is quite a good thing to emulate... It also means I have a chance to study their little zig- zag wing markings, like fine pen drawings, and the blue " eyes" on the edges, that are a warning to predators.

I think those seem a rather feeble attempt at fierceness! Another quaint name for these moths is  "Granny's cloke", and they are certainly soft and downy... One day I found some papery, multi-layered bark peeling from a tree  (Paper-bark), with holes in it. The fragility and torn edges of this stuff reminded me of moth's wings, so I thought it would make an apt combination.

A page from an old novel depicts a woman sitting quietly in a bower, reading, so I placed "her" under the "wings" like an angel.... protected. It is naughty to rip up books I think, and I only did it because I found this novel a bit too moralistic and sentimental for my liking (sorry to the author), and I didn't desire to keep it to read again; but just to rip up the nice old fading pages.

I think if I was ever going to make a self portrait... and I probably wouldn't bother to indulge ... this artwork would probably do....