
I have a passion for the Natural World and focus on intricate detail
I’ve always been inquisitive and explored the natural world around me. I love intricate detail and my art focuses on meticulously describing all the beauty I see – be it a daisy plant, a bulky rhino or the face of a friend. I aim to produce realistic bespoke pieces that draw the observer in.
I have been a botanical illustrator at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew since 2002, it’s a wonderful and rewarding combination of art and science. Alongside these technically descriptive works I have always painted and drawn in various media.
Published in the following peer reviewed journals and books:
- Arboles utiles de la Amazonia Peruana
- Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
- Curtis’s Botanical Magazine
- East African Plant Collectors
- Edinburgh Journal of Botany
- Flora D’Afrique Centrale
- Flora Malesiana
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora Zambesica
- Flore Du Gabon
- Hollies of Papua New Guinea
- Kew Bulletin
- New Trees
- Species Plantarum: Flora of the World
- Systematic Botany Monographs: The American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Awards
- Silver-gilt medal at RHS London Flower Show, November 2006
- Gold medal at 1820 Foundation Eisteddfod 1990
