Dogbane Leaf Beetle is a piece of digital artwork by Susan Maxwell Schmidt which was uploaded on February 24th, 2018.
Dogbane Leaf Beetle
Dogbane Leaf Beetle
A digital watercolor painting on canvas of the colorfully iridescent dogbane beetle on an abstract background with... more
Title
Dogbane Leaf Beetle
Artist
Susan Maxwell Schmidt
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Watercolor Painting
Description
"Dogbane Leaf Beetle"
A digital watercolor painting on canvas of the colorfully iridescent dogbane beetle on an abstract background with hieroglyphs reminiscent of ancient Egypt, in shades of emerald green, gold, red, orange and blue. Chrysochus auratus, the beetle's scientific name, means "made of gold," and refers to the multicolor metallic hues of this beautiful insect. Please visit my The Zoo art gallery to see all my creature artwork.
Awards:
10.16.19 FAA "Spirit Insect" Contest: 1st Place
Copyright 2018 Susan Maxwell Schmidt, all rights reserved.
Uploaded
February 24th, 2018
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Comments (13)
Gary F Richards
Spectacular Dogbane Leaf Beetle composition, lighting, shading, beautiful colors and artwork! F/L voted
LEANNE SEYMOUR
Fabulous artwork and yes I agree with Joel on this......also reminds me of Carl Jung's story on synchronicity using the scarab beetle! f/l
Bob Lentz
Congratulations! on this unique image’s being Featured in “The Artistic Aperture” group, and also Liked, Favorited, and Facebooked.
Joel Bruce Wallach
Ornately intriguing beetle, Susan, looking like a reincarnated scarab from ancient Egypt.
Susan Maxwell Schmidt replied:
I am so glad you said that, that is exactly what I was going for. Thank you Joel :)
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