Entomology
2017
60.96 x 50.8 cm | 24 x 20 in
Oil on wood panel
- FWSD Award
This work is on loan from a private collection.
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Entomology
2017
60.96 x 50.8 cm | 24 x 20 in
Oil on wood panel
This work is on loan from a private collection.
"I initially set out to paint exotic insects after observing how strange, but also beautiful they are. As I considered the composition of the piece and began painting it, it became more interesting—not only because of the contrast of strange and beautiful, but also the contrasts of two-dimensional and three-dimensional, past and present, living and dead, symbolic and real. I find that subjects and artwork that entail contrast and opposing principles are the most interesting from both an aesthetic and interpretive standpoint.
To create this painting, I acquired insects from Tanzania, Congo and various other parts of the world, as well as a page from an old 1800s entomology book. The painting was created while I was living and studying in New York City and painted mostly in the late evenings." – JOHN DARLEY