Moving forward from painting animals as they appear in the wild to using animals as a facilitator to explore emotions and more abstract concepts is something I have fervently put into my work. "Stung by a Dead Bee" is based on regrets. Crows, specifically these hooded crows, are naturally scavengers - trawling their immediate landscape to find juicy morsels for their next meal. Although this bee may be dead, its sting remains. When one scavenges their own thoughts, regrets and past feelings are revisited, with the fresh sting of emotion. Sometimes it may be better to move on, although sometimes, it is better to take the sting, as the feeling is finite.