Dead Wasp on Pencil Markings

OK, just one more....

Dead Wasp on Pencil Markings is the last picture in the series, painted on another 6x6 inch canvas.

I now realise that the saying about never working with children or animals includes dead insects too. Whenever I thought I had found another interesting angle, the wasp moved. I would coax it back into position with a pair of tweezers and a scalpel blade, but it didn't last; the model had lost its nerve.

After playing around like this for a while it was starting to lose other things too; a leg here, a leg there, part of an antenna. Fortunately it wasn't much longer before we came to an agreement.

Back to the marketplace tomorrow I promise!

Asking Price: SOLD!