Nick's Discovery
Available Image Size (11½h x 7½w)
When we were living in New Port, New Hampshire, my son, Nick, and I went on one of our many, many hikes. He loved observing nature and insects. On this particular hot summer day, we were headed toward the Sugar River. I let him take the lead, as I often did so that I could watch him learn about the natural world around him. As we meandered along, at the field’s edge along the river bank, he stopped and reached over to an alder branch next to the water. He slowly put his hand out to touch a very large dragon fly only to discover that it did not move. He picked up the fully intact exoskeleton and cupped it in the palm of his hand to show me his find. I saved it.
Years later, after we moved to the country in Pennsylvania, I did this painting and included other elements that I had gathered from nature to make a composite and create the feeling of that first moment. I then gave this painting to Nick as a gift.
This was a result of one of the special moments that I spent with my son. I am not a botanist or an entomologist. I am an artist and a wild life painter.
“I consider myself as a fond observer of wild places.”
- George McLean
This giclée print is printed from my original watercolor painting.
Available Image Size (11½h x 7½w)
When we were living in New Port, New Hampshire, my son, Nick, and I went on one of our many, many hikes. He loved observing nature and insects. On this particular hot summer day, we were headed toward the Sugar River. I let him take the lead, as I often did so that I could watch him learn about the natural world around him. As we meandered along, at the field’s edge along the river bank, he stopped and reached over to an alder branch next to the water. He slowly put his hand out to touch a very large dragon fly only to discover that it did not move. He picked up the fully intact exoskeleton and cupped it in the palm of his hand to show me his find. I saved it.
Years later, after we moved to the country in Pennsylvania, I did this painting and included other elements that I had gathered from nature to make a composite and create the feeling of that first moment. I then gave this painting to Nick as a gift.
This was a result of one of the special moments that I spent with my son. I am not a botanist or an entomologist. I am an artist and a wild life painter.
“I consider myself as a fond observer of wild places.”
- George McLean
This giclée print is printed from my original watercolor painting.
Available Image Size (11½h x 7½w)
When we were living in New Port, New Hampshire, my son, Nick, and I went on one of our many, many hikes. He loved observing nature and insects. On this particular hot summer day, we were headed toward the Sugar River. I let him take the lead, as I often did so that I could watch him learn about the natural world around him. As we meandered along, at the field’s edge along the river bank, he stopped and reached over to an alder branch next to the water. He slowly put his hand out to touch a very large dragon fly only to discover that it did not move. He picked up the fully intact exoskeleton and cupped it in the palm of his hand to show me his find. I saved it.
Years later, after we moved to the country in Pennsylvania, I did this painting and included other elements that I had gathered from nature to make a composite and create the feeling of that first moment. I then gave this painting to Nick as a gift.
This was a result of one of the special moments that I spent with my son. I am not a botanist or an entomologist. I am an artist and a wild life painter.
“I consider myself as a fond observer of wild places.”
- George McLean
This giclée print is printed from my original watercolor painting.