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Skimming Darter Dragonfly

Watercolour by Helen Frost Rich, of a common darter dragonfly skimming across moving water.

Dragonflies have such perfect descriptive names. There are Chasers, Skimmers, Hawkers and Darters. I love to watch them hunt on a warm summer evening, dipping low across moving water or weaving in and out of the reeds and low branches.

This painting was inspired by the common darters skimming over a lake like flying needles, small acrobatic flashes of red.

Watercolour 19.5cm x14.5cm

Original painting – £300

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Skimming Dragonfly

Skimming Dragonfly painting in watercolour by Helen Frost Rich

Skimming Dragonflies are the very essence of Summer. They enthrall us with their aerobatics as they skim across streams and rivers, hunting mosquitoes. It is so easy to forget that they have already lived another life in an underwater world, long before they reach for the skies. I have been enchanted with these ancient insects for many years, to the extent of creating a wildlife pond so that they would populate my garden.

Watercolours. 14.5cm x 21cm

Original painting – £300

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