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by Nigel Radcliffe
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This photograph, taken in Kos, our favourite holiday island in the Greek Aegean Sea - the Dodecanese to be precise - is one of my favourite pictures... more
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This photograph, taken in Kos, our favourite holiday island in the Greek Aegean Sea - the Dodecanese to be precise - is one of my favourite pictures from when I had a preoccupation with capturing images of local lepidoptera, especially early in the morning when they are are often not only at their more sluggish as they stir, but also when it is cool enough for me to be wandering about! This particular swallowtail (papilio machaon), from over 550 species, is sometimes referred to as the Old World swallowtail, ranging across Europe and Asia, but it can also be found in North America.It is very rare in Britain where it is the UK's largest butterfly. I happened upon several of these while wandering through sand dunes near the sea.
I was born a Manxman - a native of the Isle of Man in the centre of the British Isles - and my heritage from there sometimes brings a Celtic element to my work. However, another side of my personality has often been expressed in my acrylic painting and photography in a more extraverted, Mediterranean way. This has no doubt been influenced by the fact that I have travelled through Europe and elsewhere in the past, but I have come to look for inspiration nearer to my home in recent years in a beautiful part of the north of England. My Christian faith underlies what I do in art as in the rest of my life. I am a retired clinical psychologist and am married with children and grandchildren. I have no formal artistic qualifications but am...
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