Magnolia branch

I love painting magnolias. I haven’t painted any in a while now so I figured it was time. This is a large painting 100 cm X 100 cm of a branch filled with sculptural magnolia flowers and buds at various stages of opening.

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…

White Magnolia

I have some very special memories of magnolias in November. Living in the southern hemisphere Magnolias came into bloom in November. My parents were married on 28 November 1964, 2 years before I was born. Every year the day before their wedding anniversary my father who was a horticulturist used to make a trip to…