Original acrylic on wood panel. Artwork is 16" x 20" x 2" deep.
 
View or purchase this piece at McGraw Minerals Gallery in Hot Springs, VA.
 
The beautiful chrysina beetle is collected and sold in a largely unregulated market. I've always been fascinated with biological collections, but have conflicting feelings of the morality of killing them for display purposes or selling them. I want one--but also don't--so I made this piece to be collected with moral absolution.