Search Results: Artwork - Butterflies, Moths and Other Insects from Loe Books

UK, 1982. Painting. Illus. by Chris Shields. Fine. Framed. Signed by THE ARTIST. 100mm x 80mm. A fine watercolour illustration, of a Swallowtail butterfly on Willow , signed to the bottom left. The image size is approximately 100 x 80 mm. the overall size including mount is 285 x 265 mm. In fine condition, acid free mount and solid wood frame with fixings. A very well executed entomological watercolour. [Biography: British artist and wildlife illustrator Chris Shields graduated Northwich College of Art and Design in 1973. For many decades he has pursued his passion for wildlife as a full-time self-employed illustrator, and is now regarded as one of the world's leading exponents of this genera. He has contributed wildlife illustrations to over 300 books, numerous calendars, greeting cards, postcards (including a fine series of 30 postcards of British birds for Grange Books/Royle) posters and jigsaw puzzles. He has exhibited his paintings widely in the UK and China and his paintings are held in… Read More

Durness, North West Scotland, 2006. Painting. Illus. by Jonathan Pomroy. Fine. Framed. Signed by THE ARTIST. 530mm x 300mm. A fine watercolour illustration of two Eider drakes on the shoreline near Durness, signed to the bottom right hand corner. The image size is approximately 530mm x 300mm. The overall size including mount and frame is 720 x 490 mm. In fine condition, mount clean with ruled lines, it appears not to be acid free. Dark blue stained wood frame, fine. A well executed ornithological watercolour with fine landscape proportions. [ Biography -Jonathan Pomroy Since leaving art college in Bristol Jonathan has been a freelance wildlife and landscape artist, exhibiting at such venues as Birdscapes Gallery, Norfolk and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserves Slimbridge, Arundel and The Wetland Centre at Barnes. Annual exhibitions at The West Barn, Bradford on Avon and notably the Society of Wildlife Artists annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries. Since 2014 he has exhibited annually in… Read More

1910. Painting. Fine. Unframed. Signed by THE ARTIST. Original. 270mm x 400mm. Origianl illustration from Edmund Selous' The Romance of Insect Life, page 294 published by Seeley in 1906. A monochrome watercolour wih a little added mixed media on light board. The image measures approximately 270mm x 400mm, signed to the lower edge. Unframed, old double sided tape to the reverse of the board, remains a little tacky, otherwise in fine condition. Speed was a prolific illustrator of many books, both fantasy tales, fiction and non-fiction. [Lancelot Speed 1860 -1931 was a coastal painter and a British illustrator of books in the Victorian era, usually of a fantastical or romantic nature. He is probably most well known for his illustrations for Andrew Lang's fairy story books.].

UK Painting. Illus. by Chris Shields. Good. Unframed. 9 x 18.5 cm. A fine watercolour illustration of a Fritillary species, signed bottom left. The image size is approximately 90 x 185 mm mounted on mounting board of slightly larger dimensions. Almost certainly a watercolour commissioned for an illustration in a publication (see below) as to the top of the mounting board has marks left by the fixing of a previous overlay. In good to very good condition with a few inconspicuous handling and other marks. Some staining to the reverse of the mounting board. A very well executed watercolour. [Biography: British artist and wildlife illustrator Chris Shields graduated Northwich College of Art and Design in 1973. For many decades he has pursued his passion for wildlife as a full-time self-employed illustrator, and is now regarded as one of the world's leading exponents of this genera. He has contributed wildlife illustrations to over 300 books, numerous calendars, greeting cards, postcards… Read More

UK Painting. Very Good. Framed. 5 x 6 cm. A fine, miniature watercolour illustration of a Lime Hawk-Moth, signed bottom left. The image size is 52 x 62 mm, mounted, framed and glazed (frame approx. 260 x 260 mm). An unusual composition with the moth resting on a branch of a lime tree highlighted against a starry night sky with a silhouette of a hedgerow just discernible. As with all Chris Shield's entomological studies it is painted in great detail with an emphasis on anatomical accuracy; almost certainly a watercolour commissioned for an illustration in a publication. In very good condition, unmarked and appears unfaded. A very well executed, attractive study. [Biography: British artist and wildlife illustrator Chris Shields graduated Northwich College of Art and Design in 1973. For many decades he has pursued his passion for wildlife as a full-time self-employed illustrator, and is now regarded as one of the world's leading exponents of this genera. He has contributed wildlife… Read More

UK Painting. Very Good. Framed. 8 x 5 cm. A fine, miniature watercolour illustration of a female Reed Leopard moth laying eggs, signed bottom right. The image size is 83 x 48 mm, mounted, framed and glazed (frame approx. 260 x 220 mm). As with all Chris Shield's entomological studies it is painted in great detail with an emphasis on anatomical accuracy; almost certainly a watercolour commissioned for an illustration in a publication. In very good condition, unmarked and appears unfaded. A very well executed, attractive study. [Biography: British artist and wildlife illustrator Chris Shields graduated Northwich College of Art and Design in 1973. For many decades he has pursued his passion for wildlife as a full-time self-employed illustrator, and is now regarded as one of the world's leading exponents of this genera. He has contributed wildlife illustrations to over 300 books, numerous calendars, greeting cards, postcards (including a fine series of 30 postcards of British birds for Grange… Read More

UK Painting. Very Good. Framed. 5 x 6 cm. A fine, miniature watercolour illustration of a female Leopard Moth laying eggs, signed bottom right. The image size is 58 x 60 mm, mounted, framed and glazed (frame approx. 260 x 260 mm). As with all Chris Shield's entomological studies it is painted in great detail with an emphasis on anatomical accuracy; almost certainly a watercolour commissioned for an illustration in a publication. In very good condition, unmarked and appears unfaded. A very well executed, attractive study. [Biography: British artist and wildlife illustrator Chris Shields graduated Northwich College of Art and Design in 1973. For many decades he has pursued his passion for wildlife as a full-time self-employed illustrator, and is now regarded as one of the world's leading exponents of this genera. He has contributed wildlife illustrations to over 300 books, numerous calendars, greeting cards, postcards (including a fine series of 30 postcards of British birds for Grange… Read More

Norfolk, 2006. Drawing. Illus. by Robert Gillmor. Fine. Framed. Signed by THE ARTIST. Original. 23cm x 24cm. Pencil layout on tracing paper with separate original pen and ink artwork on paper for the colophone design on the spine of the New Naturalist, Bumblebees No.98. In 1985 Robert took on the design of the jackets for Harper Collins' renowned New Naturalists series until 2022. Much of his work has been at sell-out exhibitions at the Pinkfoot Gallery in Cley, he is one of the UK's most collectable printmakers. Acid free mount, artwork attached to acid free backing with conservtion tape, glazed with frame. Frame size 40cm x 40cm. [Robert Allen Fitzwilliam Gillmor MBE (1936 - 2022) was a British ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author, and editor. He was a co-founder of the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA) and was its secretary, chairman and president. He contributed to over 100 books, most notably the New Naturalist series..

Norfolk, 2003. Drawing. Illus. by Robert Gillmor. Fine. Framed. Signed by THE ARTIST. Original. 13cm x 19cm. Early small colour visuals in crayon, dust jacket artwork for British Bats, New Naturalist no.93. In 1985 Robert took on the design of the jackets for Harper Collins' renowned New Naturalists series until 2022. Much of his work has been at sell-out exhibitions at the Pinkfoot Gallery in Cley, he is one of the UK's most collectable printmakers. Acid free mount, artwork held in place with conservation tape, glazed with frame. Frame size 27cm x 33cm. [Robert Allen Fitzwilliam Gillmor MBE (1936 - 2022) was a British ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author, and editor. He was a co-founder of the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA) and was its secretary, chairman and president. He contributed to over 100 books, most notably the New Naturalist series..

Norfolk, 2000. Drawing. Illus. by Robert Gillmor. Fine. Framed. Signed by THE ARTIST. Original. 18cm x 10cm. Pencil sketch of frogs with annotation set on tracing paper, scaled artwork design for the jacket New Naturalist, Amphibians and Reptiles No.87. In 1985 Robert took on the design of the jackets for Harper Collins' renowned New Naturalists series until 2022. Much of his work has been at sell-out exhibitions at the Pinkfoot Gallery in Cley, he is one of the UK's most collectable printmakers. Acid free mount, artwork attached lightly to acid free backing with conservation tape, glazed with frame. Frame size 37cm x 26cm. [Robert Allen Fitzwilliam Gillmor MBE (1936 - 2022) was a British ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author, and editor. He was a co-founder of the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA) and was its secretary, chairman and president. He contributed to over 100 books, most notably the New Naturalist series..

UK Painting. Illus. by Raymond Booth. Near Fine. mounted. 215mm x 300mm. A fine illustration in oil, Three studies of a Weasel, unsigned. The image size is approximately 215mm x 300mm. The overall size including mount is 265 x 350 mm. In near fine condition, a few very faint, almost imperceptible marks to the paper, fine acid free mount and backing mount board. An extraordinary fine oil study. [RAYMOND BOOTH (1929-2015) Generally recognised as one of the greatest botanical artists of the twentieth century, was also a naturalist and accomplished gardener. His passion for the natural world shines through in his highly detailed oil studies of flora and fauna. Booth developed a more or less unique painting technique. Firstly, rather than using traditional watercolour he used oil paints. Secondly, he generally used paper as this allowed an exactitude that even fine canvas would not. The resultant paintings were highly luminous with an intensity of colour that watercolour could never achieve, at… Read More

UK, 1981. Painting. Very Good. Unframed. 9 x 18.5 cm. A extremely fine watercolour study, on board, of a male shining leaf chafer beetle, signed lower right corner and dated 1981. The "mount" size approximately 280 x 165 mm, overall dimension 330 x 245 mm. mounted on mounting board of slightly larger dimensions. [Biography: British artist and wildlife illustrator Chris Shields graduated Northwich College of Art and Design in 1973. For many decades he has pursued his passion for wildlife as a full-time self-employed illustrator, and is now regarded as one of the world's leading exponents of this genera. He has contributed wildlife illustrations to over 300 books, numerous calendars, greeting cards, postcards (including a fine series of 30 postcards of British birds for Grange Books/Royle) posters and jigsaw puzzles. He has exhibited his paintings widely in the UK and China and his paintings are held in public and private collections worldwide. He has a particular interest in moths and… Read More