I realize that spiders aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. Some people get the creeps from these little guys.
I’m often asked how I decide what to draw and paint. In all honesty I just do whatever has my interest at the moment. Someone asked me recently if I run out of subjects to work on. I have more material to work on than time—probably too many. I have ideas that could keep me busy for the rest of my life.
For fun I almost always paint animals of some sort. Many times I’ve been asked if I do paintings of people. Sure, I can do them and have many times. I just don’t get much pleasure out of it. I joke that I’m drawing people all day long with medical illustration. I’m just doing one part at a time, or they just happen to be missing their skin!
Elizabeth
I love this drawing; what a perfect representation of jumping spiders! I am looking to get a jumping spider on a flower tattoo. This illustration is exactly what I had in mind! I would love permission to use this!