Born in 1951,[1] Richard Lewington resides and works in Oxfordshire, England.[2] Lewington's father and grandfather were both countrymen that kept extensive collections of insects, and they were especially interested in butterflies. Lewington has commented that he believes that this is where his interest in wildlife began.[3] As a boy, Lewington used to draw birds but once he graduated from college in the early 1970s, he began illustrating insects.[1] He has a younger brother, Ian Lewington[Wikidata], who is a successful bird artist.[4]
Richard Lewington is a freelance illustrator who specializes in illustrating wildlife, but more specifically he illustrates a larger amount of insects and invertebrates. He has made a comment that states that there is no greater diversity of a subject to illustrate because there is an infinite range of shapes, colours and textures. Lewington occasionally paints vertebrates, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds. He has also been involved in an app that was being developed that allowed the user to view different kinds of British bumblebees, and his job was to illustrate all the different bumblebees.[3] He is recorded to attend the British Birdwatching Fair at Rutland Water in August each year.[5] Lewington has been able to be successful due to his various skills in observing, being a miniaturist, and having knowledge in his subject matter.[1] He has also been able to illustrate a variety of children's books.[6]
Success
In 2012 Lewington won a commission to paint ten butterfly images for a set of first-class postage stamps for Royal Mail, which were available from 11 July 2013.[7][8]
He designed a further set of six Royal Mail postage stamps, released in October 2020, featuring insects.[9]
Work
Richard Lewington's work and illustrations appear in the following works:
The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland
Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland
The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland; Guide to Garden Wildlife
Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland
Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe
Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland
Field Guide to the Micro-Moths of Great Britain and Ireland
Concise Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland
A Guide to House and Garden Spiders
Guide to the Butterflies of Britain (Field Studies Council Occasional Publications)
A Guide to the Day-flying Moths of Britain (Folding chart)
Collins British Butterfly Guide (Collins Pocket Guide)
The Natural History of Oak Tree
Mitchell Beazley Pocket Guide to Butterflies
Essential Entomology: An Order-by-Order Introduction
Collins Butterfly Guide
The Most Complete Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe (Collins Guides)
How to Identify - Butterflies
Guide des papillons d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord: 440 espèces illustrées en 2000 dessins en couleurs
Collins Field Guide - Butterflies of Britain and Europe
Collins Butterfly Guide
The Most Complete Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe
The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland: Oecophoridae to Scythrididae v. 4, Pts. 1 & 2
The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland: Lasiocampidae to Thyatiridae v. 7, Pt. 2
The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland: Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae v. 3
Guide to Insects of the British Isles
Insects of the Northern Hemisphere
Butterfly Watching
Insects of the Falkland Islands
Insects: American Nature Guides
The Pocket Guide to Insects of the Northern Hemisphere
Insects of Great Britain and Europe (Junior Nature Guides)
Guide des papillons d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord: 440 espèces illustrées en 2000 dessins en couleur
Die Tagfalter Europas und Nordwestafrikas
A Guide to Caterpillars of the Butterflies of Britain and Ireland
Beknopte veldgids Nachtvlinders: alle soorten van Nederland en België
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