Spring Butterflies by Carmen Carreira

An original watercolour and pencil triptych on heavyweight paper by Carmen Carreira.

The piece is supplied mounted and framed as shown in a solid wood frame as shown.  The piece has three illustrations each measuring 10cm x 14.5cm , and the total outer mount size is 39.5cm x 21cm.

Carmen explains the piece, "The Red Admiral, Peacock and Small tortoiseshell butterflies, among the most common and best loved of our UK butterflies."

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About Carmen Carreira

Carmen Carreira is a Wildlife Illustrator who since graduating in Illustration from Kingston University, has produced book art for Random House, Country Living and the National Trust, illustrations for greeting cards and magazines, has exhibited at the Mall Galleries for the London Artists Book Fair, and creates one-off commissions for private collectors and galleries. 

She grew up in Buckinghamshire, although spent many childhood summers in rural northern Spain on the family farm. Now settled in Leighton Buzzard with her family, her home studio overlooks the fields of Southcourt Stud Farm. Her work is often inspired by the wildlife that visits there - foxes, red kites, deer, pheasants and a whole host of other wonders that she captures in watercolour and pencil.