Inspired by the splendid scarab beetle, a new painting is
penciled in: Scarab Beetle Woman, pictured below with my primary source material, a superbly illustrated feature on scarabs in a vintage copy of National Geographic, unearthed at the local thrift shop in Abbotsford:
Further developmental views, concluding with the completed work:
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| Work in progress accompanied by a favourite reference book that says it all |
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Scarab Beetle
Woman alongside an illustration from the same issue of National Geographic
- an enlarged,
rarely seen frontal view of the spectacular Chrysina macropus
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Completed Scarab Beetle Woman,
2016, acrylic on wood, 32 x 30 cm.
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