Aside from some minor finishing touches, the second work I made at
the Art Vault is also done. What a touchy subject she proved to be. The European
Wasp Woman is arguably the feistiest of all introduced species. Beware the
sting in the tail of this femme fatale of the homo-insecta world. Unlike
honeybees, which die after they have stung once, most wasp species will sting over and over again, just because they can.
Pictured here in selected developmental stages: European Wasp Woman, 2014, watercolour and pencil on Khadi paper, 41.91 x 29.72 cm:
