Elusive Procession of Wasps Painting

It was high summer during the painting of this picture and I found myself continually stopping work to release trapped wasps, attracted into the studio by the sunflowers. There was an appropriately strange incident which I don't have the space to relate here, but which certainly inclined me to include a wasp in the painting, if only one of them had stayed still long enough! The little fly sitting on the cheek bone of the ram was another such visitor to the studio. One morning, I found him expired next to the objects, and found him a most obliging model. Painted as a memento mori, the composition and colour scheme are very bold and clean. All that reflected light bouncing from every surface adds to the drama of the objects and the startling juxtaposition of textures. A firm favourite with viewers.

Painting:Oil on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:20.5 W x 31 H x 0.3 D in

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