When your work requires you to write about insects, your point of view gets twisted. You start finding them fascinating, beautiful. You start to think "Hey, maybe they deserve to be in the spotlight once in a while".
Fortunately, I found another sick mind to work on the project with. The idea was simple - take the ten most iconic portraits in the history of art, and 'desecrate' them by replacing the faces with the heads of bees, mantises and all these other good looking fellows.
We though it would be fun and entertaining, but perhaps it wound up more on the 'creepy & bizarre' end. You tell me!
More info: fantasticpestcontrol.co.uk
The Son of Man
Insect: Sweat Bee
Painter: René Magritte
Painter: René Magritte
Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait
Insect: Antlion
Painter: Frida Kahlo
Painter: Frida Kahlo
Arnolfini Portrait
Insect: Praying Mantis
Painter: Jan Van Eyck
Painter: Jan Van Eyck
Lady With an Ermine
Insect: Dragonfly
Painter: Leonardo Da Vinci
Painter: Leonardo Da Vinci
The Girl With The Pearl Earring
Insect: Praying Mantis
Painter: Johannes Vermeer
Painter: Johannes Vermeer
Mona Lisa
Insect: Wasp
Painter: Leondardo Da Vinci
Painter: Leondardo Da Vinci
American Gothic
Insects: Bee & Lubber
Painter: Grant Wood
Painter: Grant Wood
Van Gogh Self-Portrait
Insect: Fly
Painter: Vincent Van Gogh
Painter: Vincent Van Gogh
Arnolfini Wedding
Insects: Bee & Damsel Fly
Painter: Jan Van Eyck
Painter: Jan Van Eyck
The Scream
Insect: Grasshopper
Painter: Edvard Munch
Painter: Edvard Munch