A hand coloured etching of a butterfly - Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina
The Meadow Brown is one of the most common and widespread butterflies in Britain. It is a frequent sight in the summer on the Isle of Arran, dancing in the dappled sunlight of a birch wood or flitting across grassy scrub by the shore. I found this particularly worn out and faded individual moribund on the road surface. It had spun its last pirouette in the whirlwind of a passing car. I picked it up and laid it to rest carefully in the undergrowth, having taken a picture to remember it by.
Artwork details
| Title: | Meadow Brown |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Medium: | Soft ground etching and aquatint with watercolour |
| Paper: | Hahnemühle Etching Natural 300 gsm |
| Paper size: | 34 x 29 cm |
| Plate size: | 26 x 21 cm |
| Edition size: | 10 |
| Price (unframed): | £200.00 |