Iridescent Stag Beetle with Autumn Foliage
Iridescent Stag Beetle with Autumn Foliage
About This Work
A large stag beetle with red mandibles and a rainbow-iridescent green, blue, and violet body, surrounded by autumn oak and rowan leaves and rosehip sprigs. The beetle's body is shaded with vivid multicolored long-and-short stitching, while the foliage uses graduated browns and oranges. A bold insect novelty piece.
Stitch Technique: Needle-Painting (Long-and-Short)
Long-and-short stitches blended to create painterly, graduated shading on petals and plumage.
View all Needle-Painting (Long-and-Short) works βSchool & Origin: Contemporary
Modern, decorative or novelty designs that depart from classical Chinese motifs β figure-fusion portraits, celestial scenes, and stylized ornamental compositions.
Explore Contemporary β
