Local Talent - 2019
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Squash - © Julie Coleclough
Watercolour
A selection squash grown on my SE London Allotment.
A selection squash grown on my SE London Allotment.
Mulberries © Leigh Ann Gale
Watercolour
Painted for the Tradescant exhibition at the Garden Museum, Lambeth, celebrating the re-opening of the Museum after considerable refurbishment in 2017.
Painted for the Tradescant exhibition at the Garden Museum, Lambeth, celebrating the re-opening of the Museum after considerable refurbishment in 2017.
Bristol whitebeam © Annie Morris
Watercolour
An illustration of a rare tree.
Sorbus bristoliensis
An illustration of a rare tree.
Sorbus bristoliensis
Bearded Iris © Polly o'Leary
Watercolour
Deep purple/maroon Bearded Iris with buds and leaf.
Deep purple/maroon Bearded Iris with buds and leaf.
Stinking Hellebore © Pamela Taylor
Pen & Ink
Helleborus foetida
Helleborus foetida
Oriental plane tree - falling leaves © Anne Girling
Coloured pencil
An attempt to capture leaves twisting as they fall and the seeds beginning dispersed from the seed balls.
Platanus orientalis
An attempt to capture leaves twisting as they fall and the seeds beginning dispersed from the seed balls.
Platanus orientalis
Aubergines © Catherine Hand
Watercolour
A study of 5 small aubergines.
Solanum melongena
A study of 5 small aubergines.
Solanum melongena
Shoo Fly © Anne Girling
Coloured pencil
A plant producing one flower at the end of each branch which then becomes a seed pod so the effect is of a row little lanterns.
Nicandra physalodes
A plant producing one flower at the end of each branch which then becomes a seed pod so the effect is of a row little lanterns.
Nicandra physalodes
King Offa’s Oak © Pamela Taylor
Pen & ink
Ancient Oak tree, possibly 1300 years old growing in Windsor Great Park, drawn in summertime.
Quercus rober
Ancient Oak tree, possibly 1300 years old growing in Windsor Great Park, drawn in summertime.
Quercus rober
Hellebores © Julia Blower
Watercolour
Hedgerow Study © Catherine Hand
Watercolour
Green pear © Sheelagh Keane
Watercolour
A little pear study.
A little pear study.
Crocus © Jose Broadwell-Wilson
Watercolour
Striped crocus on Arches HP 300gsm.
Crocus vernus 'Pickwick'
Striped crocus on Arches HP 300gsm.
Crocus vernus 'Pickwick'
Clematis © Leigh Ann Gale
Watercolour
Clematis alpina
Exhibited at the RHS London Botanical Art Show 2015.
Clematis alpina
Exhibited at the RHS London Botanical Art Show 2015.
Fig © Sheelagh Keane
Watercolour
A small fig study.
A small fig study.
Echinacea © Fiona-Maria Duncalf
Watercolour
A first attempt at botanical art in watercolour at a class held at Helmsley Walled Garden in 2018.
Echinacea purpurea
A first attempt at botanical art in watercolour at a class held at Helmsley Walled Garden in 2018.
Echinacea purpurea
Brascidostele Gilded Tower © Polly o'Leary
Watercolour
Flowering Scape of Brascidostele Gilded Tower with plant behind. Maroon and Yellow-Green Spider Orchid Flowers.
Brascidostele ( Brassostele x Brassidium)
Flowering Scape of Brascidostele Gilded Tower with plant behind. Maroon and Yellow-Green Spider Orchid Flowers.
Brascidostele ( Brassostele x Brassidium)
Brussel sprout © Anne Girling
Coloured pencil
One of several members of the Brassica genus which is a grown as as food crop. It's matures in the winter.
Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera
One of several members of the Brassica genus which is a grown as as food crop. It's matures in the winter.
Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera
This is the work of our ABBA Champions our local and regional representatives who aim to engage with other artists and enthusiasts of botanical art who live in a similar region.