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- “Peepo!” A lovely intricate pencil study of a male red mason bee (Osmia bicornis) “roosting” – waiting eagerly for the females to emerge to start mating. Even though this is a male, female solitary bees are 20 times better at pollinating than social bees, like honey bees, because it is mainly pollen that they forage for. Beautiful w/c study – Framed (light oak) original, 16″ x 20″, £350.00, plus P&P. Mounted limited edition print, 16 x 20″, £45.00, plus P&P. Unmounted limited edition print, £25.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page
- Patchwork Leaf Cutter Bee (Megachile centuncularis) Beautiful solitary bees like this one are much more effective pollinators than social bees, like honey bees, because it is mainly pollen that they forage for. Beautiful w/c study – Framed original, 16″ x 20″, £350.00, plus P&P. Mounted limited edition print, 16 x 20″, £45.00, plus P&P. Unmounted limited edition print, £25.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page
- Honey bee- Worker (Apis mellifera) foraging for nectar & pollen from a daisy.Beautiful w/c & pencil study of an iconic worker Honey Bee(Apis mellifera). Framed original, 16″ x 20″, £350.00, plus P&P. Mounted limited edition print, 16 x 20″,£45.00,plus P&P. Unmounted limited edition print, £25.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page. Photographic talent of Kathy Keatley Harvey.
- Honey bee- Worker (Apis mellifera) Beautiful w/c painting of an iconic worker Honey Bee(Apis mellifera). Framed original, Sold. Mounted limited edition print, £45.00,plus P&P. Unmounted limited edition print, £25.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page.
- Insects are amazing animals. They also make amazing structures . In a honey bee colony, each honey comb cell is identical to the next. and just cries out to be captured in an artistic way. Original w/c and ink, framed, £350.00, plus p&p, 72cm x 54cm. Mounted print, £45.00,plus p&p, 16″ x 20″, unmounted print, £25.00, plus p&p. To order, see instructions at the top of the page.
- Buff Tail Bumble Bee (Bombus terrestris) “Robbing” nectar from an aquilegia flower. W/C and coloured pencil. 16″ x20″, framed. £350.00, plus p&p. Mounted print, £45.00, plus p&p. Unmounted print, £25.00, plus p&p. To order, see instructions at the top of the page.
- Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) and Honey bee (Apis mellifera). W/C and coloured pencil. Original, framed, 16″ x 20″ £350.00 , plus p&p. Limited edition print, “16 x 20”, £45.00, plus p&p. Unmounted print, £25.00, plus p&p. To order, see instructions at the top of the page.
- White tailed bumble bee (Bombus lucorum) and papaver orientalis.Beautiful w/c study – Original, sold. Mounted limited edition print, 16 x 20″, £45.00, plus P&P. Unmounted limited edition print, £25.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page
- W/C of a White Tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lucorum) Original, sold. Mounted Limited Edition print, 16″ x 20″, £45.00, plus P&P. Unmounted print, £25.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page.
- A lovely intricate study of British Bees. Original, sold. Beautiful w/c study – Mounted limited edition print, 16 x 20″, £45.00, plus P&P. Unmounted limited edition print, £25.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page
- Cath is often commissioned to write painting tutorials. This is a study she completed for Bloomsbury Publishing, London. It features an Early Bumble Bee (Bombus pratorum) and Alpina Clematis. Framed original w/c , 16″ x20″, £350.00, plus P&P. Mounted print, £45.00, plus P&P. Unmounted print, £25.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page.
- “On the Hunt!” A lovely w/c study of hone bees (Apis mellifera) hunting for honey from ragged robin. Original, sold. Mounted limited edition print, 16 x 20″, £45.00, plus P&P. Unmounted limited edition print, £25.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page
- Goat Willow (Salix caprea) and Tree Bumble Bee (Bombus hypnorum) w/c. Original, sold. Mounted limited edition print, 16 x 20″, £45.00, plus P&P. Unmounted limited edition print, £25.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page
- “Dewy Snowdrops” – Galanthus atkinsii snowdrops , with honey bees, Apis mellifera. w/c and pencil study of the snowdrops at Painswick Rococo Gardens. Original, sold. Limited edition mounted prints, 16″ x 20″, £45.00, plus P&P. Unmounted, £25.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page.
- Cath’s beautiful and intricate graphite microscopy study of a honey bee (Apis mellifera)
- Digitalis are important summer flowers. They provide great nectar for pollinating insects. They are great self seeders. Each flower is capable of producing 1,000,000 seeds. Original, sold. Mounted limited edition print £45.00, plus P&P 16″ x 20″. Unmounted print £25.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page.
- The mountain knapweed is considered by many as a pest in the garden, but to keep a healthy ecological balance in our gardens, it is important to allow indigenous flowers to thrive and provide food and shelter for wildlife, such as the Common Carder Bee. Original framed w/c, sold. Mounted limited edition print 16″ x 20″ £45.00, plus P&P. Unmounted print £25.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page.
- This lovely w/c painting captures a moment early in the year, when plants like Gorse (Ulex europeaus) provide essentail nectar for the first emerging insects, such as bees. Those featured here are the Red Talied Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius) Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) and Buff Tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus terrestris). Original, sold. Mounted limited edition print 16″ x 20″ £45.00, plus P&P. Unmouted print, 16″ x 20″ £25.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page.
- “British Bumble Bees” This watercolour painting was commissioned by Countryfile magazine as part of an article on bees. The painting features Bombus pascuorum, the most common of the Carder Bees and Bombus rupestris, a Cuckoo Bumble Bee. Original mounted painting sold. Mounted limited edition prints £45.00, plus P&P. Unmounted £25.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page.
- “Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria) on Dandelion” Not so much is known about British solitary bees, They are smaller than their gregarious cousins, the Bumble Bees, but are equally beautiful and fascinating. Framed original w/c painting 16″ x 20″ – £350.00, plus P&P. Mounted limited edition print, 16″ x 20″ £45.00, plus P&P. Unmounted limited edition print, £25.00, plus P&P. To order,, see instructions at the top of the page.
- “Bombus terrestris & Verbena bonariensis” This plant is one of the most nectar-rich plants to be found in the garden. It is a favourite of butterflies as well as bees, like this Bombus terrestris. Original framed painting 16″ x20″, £220.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page.
- “Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Hind Leg”. Graphite study of the hind leg of a honey bee. This study was completed for an on-line tutorial that the Society of Biology asked Cath to do. Original framed graphite, £200.00, 16″ x 20″,plus P&P. Mounted print 16″ x 20″, £45.00, pus P&P. Unmounted print, £25.00, plus P&P. To order, see instructions at the top of the page.
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