Invertebrates -- Arthropods > Insects
Insects
![Fred Adell - Wildlife Artist Insects Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on primed (gesso) cardboard](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/fredadel/thumb/625.jpg?1768448668 ""AMERICAN BUMBLEBEE (Bombax pennsylvanicus)"")
![](https://fredadell.com/spacer.gif ""AMERICAN BUMBLEBEE (Bombax pennsylvanicus)""){kind=spacer}
"AMERICAN BUMBLEBEE (Bombax pennsylvanicus)"
2022
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on primed (gesso) cardboard
4" x 6"
2022
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on primed (gesso) cardboard
4" x 6"
Bumblebee alighting on common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) to pollinate it.
![Fred Adell - Wildlife Artist Insects Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera)" on primed (gesso) cardboard](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/fredadel/thumb/624.jpg?1768448664 ""BLUE BUTTERFLY" Common (European) Butterfly (Polyomattus icarus)")
"BLUE BUTTERFLY" Common (European) Butterfly (Polyomattus icarus)
2022
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera)" on primed (gesso) cardboard
6.5" x 7" (with 5" diameter circular "cameo")
2022
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera)" on primed (gesso) cardboard
6.5" x 7" (with 5" diameter circular "cameo")
A Common (European) Butterfly (Polyomattus icarus), found throughout much of Europe (including the British Isles) into western Asia.
![Fred Adell - Wildlife Artist Insects Acrylic on hexagonal (6 sides) pre-stretched canvas](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/fredadel/thumb/612.jpg?1768446327 ""BUSY BEE?" Honeybee (Apis mellifera)")
"BUSY BEE?" Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
2024
Acrylic on hexagonal (6 sides) pre-stretched canvas
11.5" diameter
2024
Acrylic on hexagonal (6 sides) pre-stretched canvas
11.5" diameter
A Honeybee loading up on pollen... Inasmuch as the hexagonal canvas was the same shape as a honeycomb cell, a bee seemed to apt subject matter for the painting,
![Fred Adell - Wildlife Artist Insects Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/fredadel/thumb/401.jpg?1624539485 ""MAN-FACED STINKBUG (Catacanhus incarnatus)"")
"MAN-FACED STINKBUG (Catacanhus incarnatus)"
2021
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper
9" x 12 " (with 5" diameter "cameo")
2021
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper
9" x 12 " (with 5" diameter "cameo")
![Fred Adell - Wildlife Artist Insects Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on Bristol paper](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/fredadel/thumb/397.jpg?1624539202 ""SHOWY CICADA (Tacua speciosa)"")
"SHOWY CICADA (Tacua speciosa)"
2021
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on Bristol paper
11" x 14 " (with 8" x 11" oval "cameo")
2021
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on Bristol paper
11" x 14 " (with 8" x 11" oval "cameo")
Whole Lotta Cicadas2013
Mixed Media (Watercolor, tempera and Oil pastel) on watercolor paper
18" x 24"
Two Honeybees (Apis mellifera) and bottom Bumblebee (Bombus pennsylvanicus) … 2019
Mixed media on paper
8" x 8" hexagon
Commissioned
Goliath Beetle - Goliathus giganteus
2007
mixed media (sepia and India ink) on paper
14" x 18" (9" x 12")
2007
mixed media (sepia and India ink) on paper
14" x 18" (9" x 12")
Dragonfly -- Anax junius
2007
green drawing ink and India ink on paper
11" x 14" framed (9" x 12")
2007
green drawing ink and India ink on paper
11" x 14" framed (9" x 12")
![Fred Adell - Wildlife Artist Insects Mixed Media (ink, watercolor , tempera, oil paste )](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/fredadel/thumb/99.jpg?1413898364 ""Misguided Moths" ( Gypsy Moth: Lymantria dispar)")
"Misguided Moths" ( Gypsy Moth: Lymantria dispar)
2013
Mixed Media (ink, watercolor , tempera, oil paste )
16" x 20"
2013
Mixed Media (ink, watercolor , tempera, oil paste )
16" x 20"
