The pen-and-ink drawing entitled "Mayfly" depicts a Midwestern fern and a Midwestern mayfly. The shape of the leaves of the fern (Genus Asplenium) struck me as remarkably similar to the profile of the mayfly's wings. I found both, posed as shown, in a central Indian prairie-edge stream valley.
The print edition of 200 sold out several years ago.
"Mayfly" photolithograph, © Fred Montague.
