MIDSUMMER'S EVE print

This painting is June's image from The Bee and The Sun: A Calendar of Paintings by Catherine Hyde — winner of the Holyer an Gof Poetry Award 2022.

Together with Midsummer Sun, this painting formed the double spread for June in the book — two images that belong together, and which many collectors choose to buy as a pair.

Catherine Hyde follows the journey of the bee and the sun through a calendar of glorious paintings that celebrate the sensory delights of herbs, seasoned with bee and plant lore. From the rising and setting of the Pleiades, from sunrise to sunset, the bee and the sun work in harmony — a miracle of nature, growth and new life. Beneath the shifting constellations, equinoxes and solstice markers, snippets of ancient bee beliefs and plant folklore are complemented by paintings of wild thyme, saffron, meadowsweet, basil, mallow, lavender and many more delights.

The original painting was made in acrylic on canvas with gold leaf.

Edition details

• Museum-quality archival print with light-fast pigmented inks
• Unmounted, presented flat with a backing board and protective cover
• Signed, titled, and numbered beneath the image — Limited Edition