Stag Beetle Hand Painted Cards

A couple of years ago in the spirit of doing something a little different I decided to do a small run of hand painted cards. These featured one of my favourite subjects to draw; Stag Beetles. But as ever, the creepy critters had to have a twist. And with my lifelong obsession with Ancient Egypt a contributing factor I created 8 slightly strange Beetles adorned with gold and jewels or emanating an unholy halo. Two beetles sold soon after their creation, but the others ended up in the deepest, darkest corner of my studio, neglected and forgotten about, until now ...

After rediscovering the pieces I decided to dig them out of their hidey hole to offer them for sale on the Etsy store as a unique opportunity to to own an entirely on off miniature specimen and pocket sized piece of art ... Click here to check them out!