Original artwork description:

This is a very large watercolour depicting nine butterfly species from around the globe and composed in an arc to represent a rainbow.
All the illustrated species are life size and painted using many glazes of watercolour to obtain the photo-realistic detail and vibrant colours. Each butterfly is painted with the use of a magnifying glass and took many hours to complete all the intricate and detailed patterns and colours to reveal a remarkable and very collectible piece of natural history art.

Butterflies illustrated include from left to right-
Saturn Butterfly (Region - Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra)
Common Morpho (Region - Central & South America and West Indies)
Banded King Shoemaker (Region - South & Central America)
Cairns Birdwing (Region - Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands &
Australia)
Tiger Swallowtail (North America, USA, Canada)
Orange-Barred Giant Sulphur (Central America and USA)
Monarch Butterfly (Region - Originated from the Americas)
Eighty-Eight Butterfly (South America)
Scarlet Tiger Moth ( Region - Europe & Temperate Asia)

Signed on the front and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Your purchase will come securely packaged and double wrapped for safety in shipping. Being an environmentally conscious artist, all shipping materials are reused whenever possible.

Materials used:

Hot Pressed Fabriano watercolour paper and Sennelier watercolours

Tags:

#colourful #nature #wildlife #butterfly #natural history #insect collections #collectors item #butterflies and #butterfly collection #butterflies watercolour #detailed watercolour #butterly art