The absolute perfect image, promptly dispatched, swiftly received. Highly delighted customer. Thank you very much indeed Carol. - Julie D, Chelmsford
Butterfly canvas wall art - gallery wrapped and available up to 30in x 20in.
With its delicate transparency and soft green setting, glasswing butterfly creates a refined and calming focal point suited to nature-led interiors. Ideal for bedrooms, living spaces, or garden-inspired rooms, it pairs well with light tones and natural textures, adding subtle detail and elegance.
The glasswing butterfly (Greta oto) is a species found in Central and South America, known for its remarkable transparent wings. Unlike most butterflies, the wing tissue lacks the coloured scales that usually give butterflies their patterns, allowing light to pass through and creating a near-invisible effect in flight. This transparency provides a form of camouflage, helping it blend into its surroundings and avoid predators.
Perched lightly on a leaf, the butterfly is shown side-on, its delicate wings revealing fine vein structures against a soft green background. The contrast between the dark wing edges and the clear panels creates a striking, almost weightless appearance. The shallow depth of field keeps the focus on the insect, while the surrounding foliage adds a smooth, natural backdrop.
This stretched canvas print offers a contemporary and gallery-style way to display your chosen image. Professionally produced and carefully hand finished, it combines modern print technology with traditional framing craftsmanship to create wall art designed for long-lasting colour and presence.
Your image is printed using UVgel print technology, producing vibrant colour, excellent detail and strong resistance to fading. The professional lab printing process carries a 100+ year colour guarantee, ensuring the artwork remains clear and rich for decades.
Each canvas is stretched over a solid wooden frame made from European kiln-dried knotless pine. The stretcher bars are milled with a curved profile that minimises contact with the canvas surface, helping to prevent impression marks and allowing the artwork to remain smooth and evenly tensioned.
The frame features finger-jointed corners to maintain structural strength and resist warping over time. For larger sizes, discreet tensioning wedges are added to the corners, allowing the canvas to remain taut and making future adjustment possible if required.
Every canvas is hand finished by experienced framers, ensuring clean folds and precise stretching on each corner. The 38mm deep frame gives the artwork a strong wall presence, while a choice of black, white or image wrap edges allows the final presentation to suit your space.
Stretched canvases are designed to hang directly from the wooden stretcher frame, allowing the artwork to sit flush against the wall for a clean, gallery-style finish. Simply place a nail or screw into the wall and rest the frame over it. For larger canvases, two fixings positioned either side of the centre stretcher bar provide additional stability.
Glasswing Butterfly butterfly canvas wall art prints are printed to order and usually shipped within 2-5 business days. Please allow a further 2-3 days from the despatch date to receive your item (not including weekends or bank holidays).
Prices shown are inclusive of delivery to Mainland UK & Northern Ireland. Shipping to other available areas calculated at checkout.
Please check out the Delivery & Returns and Free Shipping pages for futher information.What customers say about Real World Art
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The absolute perfect image, promptly dispatched, swiftly received. Highly delighted customer. Thank you very much indeed Carol.
Excellent Print arrived - High Quality - Very professional - Correspondence with Carol was helpful & informative. Would highly recommend Realworldart.
Brilliant customer service from the start with an easy website to navigate. Unfortunately when my order arrived the print was damaged, contacted Carol who sent another out for me straight away and kept me updated along the way. Absolutely fantastic service. Thank you.
