Bidspirit auction | Linda Mannion Swallowtail Butterflies watercolour

Linda Mannion Swallowtail Butterflies watercolour 2025 Frome, UK - SHIPS FROM Frome, UK Inspired by victorian scientific drawings this artwork comprises detailed studies of 3 types of Swallowtail butterfly. The high key colour scheme creates a calm mood and a piece that could fit almost any setting. A self-taught artist inspired by the beauty of the natural world, Linda spent her childhood in Glastonbury, Somerset where she first developed her love of nature and the countryside. She started painting in 1980 whilst living in Essex and she soon had work accepted for exhibition at the Guildhall and Mall Galleries, London. She moved to Dorset in 1985 and became immersed in the local art-scene as a member of Dorchester Art Club, Allington Art Club (now Bridport Art Society) and Mosterton Art Group and running Adult Education classes in watercolour painting for both Dorset and Somerset County Councils. Linda specialises in detailed flower studies with an abstract background of colour, and these paintings are very much influenced by the changing moods and atmospheres of the beautiful Somerset and Dorset countryside and the many wild flowers that grow there in abundance. She also paints landscapes, butterfly and moth studies, miniatures and cards and in 2005 several of her flower studies were reproduced by a publishing company as greetings cards for distribution throughout the UK. Linda has exhibited at galleries and exhibitions in many towns and villages in the South-west as well as in Holland and the USA. She has also been a regular exhibitor in both Dorset Art Weeks and Beaminster Festival. Following a recent visit to her daughter in Kenya Linda has embarked upon an Africa sketchbook and her first paintings inspired by the stunning landscapes of Lake Nakuru and Hellsgate. 30.5 x 61