And here is the perfect lively painting:
Monday, December 27, 2010
Carel's Beetle
About a year ago, before chaos struck (or at least was diagnosed), Libby commissioned Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen to do a watercolor for my birthday. Someone asked if it would be a raptor. I was almost offended- every falconer in the world is inundated with such images. Given Carel's eclectic tastes, I opted for a favorite insect-- the desert meloid known as a spider beetle. Here is a preserved specimen:
And here is the perfect lively painting:
And here is the perfect lively painting:
I love it! Lucky you!
ReplyDeleteNot partial to the crawly things but that's lovely.
ReplyDeleteLovely! What are the dimensions?
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Without measuring, about a foot by 18".
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