I love the glorious tangles of multicoloured flowers that fill a fuchsia bush. Another one of my favourite flowers, (and I have many) that unfortunately does not like to grow in our sub-tropical climate. Their buds form in pairs, and their flowers, once opened, have interesting and unusual shapes. This particular variety – Ballerina Blau,…
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More botanicals
A recent commission. I will never get tired of being asked to draw flowers. I love them, and I loved drawing these three. They have to be among my favourtite flowers so I was excited to have an excuse to draw them too! Hopefully they have found a happy home back in Ireland. Magnolia Pencil…
An attempt at botanical illustrations
I have always been interested in trying my hand at botanical illustrations. My father was a forester and a horticulturist, my mother a florist and I come from a long line of fanatical gardeners so I guess it makes sense that this line of illustration would interest me. Initially I wanted to do the botanical…
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