• No Turning Back by Maria Pelton, an ink and watercolour painting of a death’s-head hawk-moth with dark patterned wings and a yellow skull-like marking.
  • No Turning Back original moth painting by Maria Pelton on white paper, placed on a wooden table beside a dip pen and paintbrush.
  • Close-up of No Turning Back by Maria Pelton, showing the moth’s yellow skull-like marking, dark thorax and fine ink details across its wings.
  • AI-generated interior illustration of No Turning Back by Maria Pelton in a gold-toned frame above a glowing globe lamp and dark ribbed glass vase on a marble tray.
  • Angled AI-generated interior illustration of No Turning Back by Maria Pelton in a gold-toned frame above a globe lamp and dark glass vase on a marble tray.
  • AI-generated interior illustration of No Turning Back by Maria Pelton in a gold-toned frame above a glowing globe lamp and dark ribbed glass vase on a marble tray.
  • Video of making No Turning Back by Maria Pelton, a film showing work on the death’s-head hawk-moth painting in ink and watercolour on paper.
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Maria Pelton

No Turning Back

No Turning Back

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Inspired by the strangeness of the natural world.

Death’s-head Hawk-moth — Africa & Southern Europe
Acherontia atropos

There is something almost unsettling about the face of this moth. Its dark wings and skull-like marking seem to give it a presence beyond the ordinary, mysterious, watchful and difficult to forget.

 

Original artwork:
Ink & watercolour on paper
10 x 15cm
2026

Fine art prints:
Three sizes of Giclée prints on paper

All artwork and prints are unframed
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AI used only to illustrate framing and interior settings as inspiration.

Part of the Wanted series by Maria Pelton Artist

 

Original artworks and prints are non-returnable unless faulty or damaged.
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