Insect Paintings & Artwork

Our artists are masters of transformation. They turn real photographs into beautiful insect paintings. Our extensive assortment of insect art includes artwork of caterpillars, butterflies, and dragonflies on a variety...
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Our artists are masters of transformation. They turn real photographs into beautiful insect paintings. Our extensive assortment of insect art includes artwork of caterpillars, butterflies, and dragonflies on a variety of different coloured backgrounds. Whether you're looking to add softness and charm to an office or living room, or need something unique for a child's room, our insect canvas art prints are sure to add interest and dimension.

Butterfly Art

Butterflies vary in colours and patterns and are some of the most beautiful insects found in the natural world. Butterflies are not only admired for their beauty but for what they symbolise, which is transformation, change, hope, rebirth. They’re a wonderful symbol to have hanging in your living space. These dazzlingly colourful insects are so beloved that collectors of the insects are often called lepidopterists. The French artist Adolphe Millot painted a range of butterflies throughout his career. Some of his posters can be found in The Canvas Art Factory Collection. Hang them up in your bathroom or laundry room to add a little bit of colour to what is usually a dull room.

Dragonfly Art

A most unusual looking insect of nature is the dragonfly. For a flying insect, dragonflies also move quite unusually, by hovering up and down like a helicopter. Their long, thin bodies and a large set of effervescent wings makes the dragonfly an interesting subject to illustrate. Whether you’re after a mosaic of dragonflies or dragonflies fluttering around lilies, there’s sure to be canvas art to hang on your walls and from your bookshelves.

Insects in History

A cricket carved onto a bone fragment is one of the earliest examples of insect art. The engraving, found in the south of France, was done on bison bone and is around 14,000 years old. Insects have long been used to decorate Tibetan armour, their pigments have been used in paintings, and to create decorative jewellery.