Artwork Description:

Title: Goliathus

I painted this Goliath Beetle from the Hope Entomology collections at The University of Oxford Museum of Natural History. I was intrigued by the sheer size of this beetle (they are among the largest insects on Earth) and the captivating metallic-shine on the hindwings.

Watercolour and gouache on paper

 

Artist Bio:

I am a Derbyshire-based, artist/illustrator and art tutor.

I have a degree in textile design, and a masters from Central St Martins in Communication Design/Illustration.

My inspirations include natural history, explorers and naturalists, Hitchcock films, kitchen sink dramas, ghosts & haunted houses  and Agatha Christie and Daphne du Maurier novels.

I am currently working on a series of Shackleton illustrations which evoke the foreboding atmosphere and historic accounts of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition, as well as developing an idea for a graphic novel inspired by Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.