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Blossom of Pear Pyrus communis tonal study.  Graphite sketch.

Tonal study of pear blossom showing flowers and leaves, sketchbook piece.

Three pear blossom flowers. Pencil botanical illustration.

Study of Pear leaves and flower Pyrus communis, cut to white.

Pear fruit with leaves shows one pear and sketched leaves behind.  Pencil.

Anopheles gambiae African Malaria mosquito unfed female, posing in typical diagonal position

Larva of Anopheles gambiae Malaria mosquito showing typical position, parallel to the water surface

Pupa of Anopheles mosquito based on Anopheles gambiae at water surface

Feeding African Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae showing stylets as she feeds, and swollen belly with tergites forced apart and excess liquid excreted during feeding

African Malaria Mosquito Life cycle Anopheles gambiae

Self heal Prunella vulgaris botanical watercolour illustration

Redwing Turdus iliacus perched on a branch, with a berry in its beak

Pen and ink illustration for title on Poetry anthology

West Indian stinging nettle or Zouti laportea aestuans in flower

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

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

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

Milk thistle Silybum marianum with detail of seed and one flower

Madagascar periwinkle Catharanthus roseus showing full plant in flower

Leaf of life Bryophyylum pinnatum or Kalanchoe pinnata botanical illustration

Klip dagga Leonotis nepetifolia watercolour with detail of flower

Juk juk or Culantro Eryngium foetidum with detail of flowering head

Gumbo-limbo or copperwood Bursera simaruba with detail of flowers and peeling bark

Davis root or David’s milkberry Chiocacca alba showing detail on one flower and plant in bloom and fruit