Dragonflies

A series of dragonflies and damselflies worked with oil on natural linen canvas commissioned as a collection of dragonflies not dissimilar to that of a butterfly collector or lepidopterist who would add to his collection of specimens over time, so these works can be added to in years to come. Except all dragonflies and damselflies depicted here are either extinct, endangered or near extinction, so the hope is that this collection of works does not expand in the future.
All works are painted at three times scale apart from the largest which has 70cm wingspan and is an interpretation of a prehistoric dragonfly from a fossil and using colours reflecting from its nearest living relative in Australia.