botanical art

Oriental Bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Fox and Cubs showing stolon and basal rosette of hairy leaves, along with distinctive orange and yellow flowers

Completed for Butterfly Conservation.  The plant shows flowers and seed pods.

Elder sprig Sambucus nigra colour pen and ink with watercolour top wash

Balsam poplar Populus balsamifera catkins fruit and leaves with annotations within a border Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Rawlence (publ. Jan 2022)

Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines butterfly with Cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis.  Illustration shows male butterfly with wigs open, and another with wings folder closed on the host plant Cuckoo-flower (or Ladies’ smock)

West Indian stinging nettle or Zouti laportea aestuans in flower

West Indian stinging nettle or Zouti laportea aestuans pen and ink line drawing

Trumpet bush Cecropia peltata showing a section of a much larger tree

Trumpet bush Cecropia peltata pen and ink line drawing

Pung coolie or Bitter melon Momordica charantia showing fruit split to reveal red seeds

Pung coolie or Bitter melon Momordica charantia showing fruti split to reveal seeds

Prickly pear Opuntia ficus-indica showing plant in flower and fruit

Prickly pear Opuntia ficus-indica pen and ink line drawing

Milk thistle Silybum marianum with detail of seed and one flower

Milk thistle Silybum marianum pen and ink line drawing

Madagascar periwinkle Catharanthus roseus showing full plant in flower

Madagascar periwinkle Catharanthus roseus ink line drawing

Leaf of life Bryophyylum pinnatum or Kalanchoe pinnata botanical illustration

Leaf of life Bryophyylum pinnatum or Kalanchoe pinnata pen and ink line drawing

Klip dagga Leonotis nepetifolia watercolour with detail of flower

Klip dagga Leonotis nepetifolia with detail of individual flower

Juk juk or Culantro Eryngium foetidum with detail of flowering head