Columbine, Aquilegia T-Shirt

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The graceful and delicate columbine flower lends itself beautifully to portray with the medium of scraperboard, where fine line hatching can build up the tones with a lovely subtlety.

Artist and illustrator in natural history, botanical painting, generic landscape, still life. A love of detailed observation of the natural world, vivid colours, textures and decorative effects hopefully all come together in my work. Stylistic influences medieval paintings, the Pre-Raphaelites and the decorative art movements, so it's clear I enjoy line, colour and detail. I love the journey through a drawing or painting, from initial brief or idea, to processes, to final result. Having taught my own art classes for ten years, I drew these to a close a few years ago to make more time for my creative writing, which dovetails beautifully with my painting. I work in a wide range of media with a passion for methods and techniques,...