Lucy Boydell
…and is there honey still for tea?
Charcoal and Chalk
60 x 60 cms / 23½ x 23½ inches
Description
Lucy Boydell’s work often combines observation with personal narrative. The bee depicted here is identifiable as a female, indicated by the presence of pollen baskets on her hind legs, a detail drawn from direct study. The title references Rupert Brooke’s poem The Old Vicarage, Grantchester, recalling the artist’s upbringing nearby, with the abundance of bumblebees in Grantchester’s Orchard.'and Is There Honey Still for Tea' depicts a close study of a bumblebee in flight, its wings buzzing and pollen gathered around her busy hind limbs.