Insects and Host Plants Grid of 9 Paintings
Medium: Acrylic on watercolor paper
Individual Painting Size: 5.5″ x 5.5″
Years: 2012-2018
Individual pieces from top to bottom, left to right:
Squash Bee and Pumpkin Blossom
Peponapis pruinosa and Cucurbita pepo
Northern Walking Stick and American Hazel
Diapheromera femorata and Corylus americana
Cobalt Milkweed Beetle and California Milkweed
Chrysochus cobaltinus and Asclepias californica
Beyer’s Scarab and Mexican Blue Oak
Chrysina beyeri and Quercus oblongifolia
Mojave Poppy Bee and California Bear Poppy
Perdita meconis and Arctomecon californica
Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle and Blue Elderberry
Desmocerus californicus dimorphus and Sambucus cerulea
Kamehameha Butterfly and Mamaki
Vanessa tameamea and Pipturus albidus
Pipevine Swallowtail and California Pipevine
Battus philenor and Aristolochia californica