12/09/2026
Nature — Yu Watanabe
This is the original painting for the cover of a Japanese book about neonicotinoid pesticides and the disappearance of honeybees. The commission asked for an image gentle enough to invite readers into a hard subject. I painted it thinking of how the invisible micro-world of small creatures quietly supports the macro-world we live in. The frame was handmade by my late father-in-law, a joinery craftsman, and finished with beeswax. Sold framed.
Watercolor and acrylic on paper, 2014.
Now on Saatchi Art.
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