Butterfly Catalogue i

A collection of unusual butterflies species from around the world

Butterfly Catalogue i, 2023
Oil on canvas covered panel with offset framing in oiled kiaat.
Size: 220 x 220mm, inclusive of the frame

Limited Edition Fine art prints available here
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My inspiration for this collection of paintings comes from the traditional style of botanical illustration, the obsessive cataloguing and documenting of the natural world, the neat rows of pinned creatures under the collectors lamp, pulled out from the archives.

Here, the subjects are set against a deep, almost velvety background, as if they have emerged from a hidden world...