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Friday, January 22, 2016

Eupholos linnei Weevil Woman

A good selection of the Homo-insecta watercolours I've been working on over the last 18 or so months are about to make their debut appearance at the Counihan Gallery in Brunswick, in a group exhibition curated by Domenica Vavala titled Modern Myth.

Eupholos linnei Weevil Woman (2015, watercolour, 41.91 x 29.72 cm) is the last work I made for the show. The watercolour was finished late last year, but this is the first chance I've had to devote a post to it. Pictured below are a series of developmental views and some of my reference materials, followed by the completed work.









Modern Myth will be launched on February 4 from 6 - 8 pm. The exhibition runs until 6 March.

Counihan Gallery in Brunswick
233 Sydney Road
Brunswick Vic 3056
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Sunday, April 5, 2026

EASTER GREETINGS FROM MELBOURNE 🪺

Pictured top: Eupholos linnei Weevil Woman, 2015, watercolour on Khadi paper, 41.91 x 29.72 cm. From the Homo-insecta series, originally exhibited at Counihan Gallery in 2016 as part of the exhibition, MODERN MYTH.

Eupholos linnei is a flightless beetle from Pachyrhynchus, a genus of weevils in the Curculionidae family. They are popularly known as Easter Egg Weevils because their glorious colours, typically comprising metallic or iridescent patches of blue, green, yellow, or orange, resemble brightly decorated Easter eggs - not dissimilar, in fact, to the eggs adorning our Easter tree.






Pictured above: Our little Easter tree, the decoration of which was 
closely supervised by Alice B. Cat

Below: The Easter Bunny, spotted on Easter Eve at Yarra River Maritime Park in Docklands, a short stroll from our apartment. 



Happy Easter, everyone. 🪺