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Queen Bee
Gouache, 4 x 6 inches, 2006.
One of the 'Kings and Queens of Old England' series of miniatures.
The Queen Bee was an obvious one as a subject for royalty, but I've made her rather more alien-looking than the others, in keeping with the alien qualities of insects. Also she is pregnant - of course she is pregnant, the queen bee has no purpose other than to make more bees all her life.
'Queen Bee' - painting by Nancy Farmer