#botanical art
Disa grandiflora (L.f., 1782) painted by Miss SA Drake. Indigenous to South Africa, particularly the Cape. One of my very favourite orchid species, first identified by my dear friend, Carolus Linnaeus the Younger. Now called Disa uniflora.
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British Library digitised image from page 34 of “Fairy Mary’s Dream. By A. F. L. With illustrations by the Author” (1870)
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Two years of my patreon monthly plants combined - from September 2019 to August 2021. Looking at these together is an amazing reminder of all the wonderful support and enthusiasm my patreon supporters give me. So, anyone who’s ever supported me on patreon (or my shop!) - you helped me get here. Thank you so much for being apart of this plant filled journey, I’m extremely thankful and couldn’t have done it without you!
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A bit of an older illustration that I’ve been preparing to turn into prints the last couple of days Soon available in the Etsy shop! ✨
Fruit of the Womb: The Botanical Classification of Fruit
I created this illustration to tell the story of where fruits come from. Turns out they come from flowers, and that’s why a tomato is technically a fruit. What started as a fun conversation over dinner this summer spiralled into a deep exploration into pomology, carpology, and botanical literature. Here is my attempt at visualizing all the information I’ve synthesized over these past few months into a useful reference guide.
Hope you learned something new today.
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Some flowers
made a tileable floral pattern based on Mr. Sus Salesman (Volo) for my phone BG so I don’t have to out myself as a Volo apologist in public LMAO /hj
Notes:
Mountain Laurel: Protection, Guidance, Ambition, and Treachery
Yellow Tulip: Hopeless love, Light, Brightness
Ginkgo: like. the guild, i guess? also it’s old AF with no living relatives after a mass extinction event LMAO. also planted in temples. checks out.
mobile ver below:
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Expression of Machinery, 12"x12", oil on wood, SOLD
Number ten in my series on the nature of numbers represents the culmination of all numbers before it in which a work reaches its true completion and full potential then returns back to the monad, or number one, to start the cycle anew.
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Rainbow Bridge, 12″x12″, oil on wood, Collection of the Artist
Number 7. The Heptad symbolizes the completion of a divine journey. The title “Rainbow Bridge” refers to the Buddhist term for the path traveled from the lower path the the higher path through the seven chakras. The imagery of the painting is mainly drawn from The Pythagorean concept of the Music of Seven Spheres, the musical vibration of the seven planets in ancient alchemy.
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Sky Burial, oil on wood, 12″x12″, SOLD
Number five. The Pentad, or “Quintessence”, encompasses the four elements of matter, infusing the force of life and representing nature’s fecundity. The pentagram’s self replicating growth is reflected in the Fibonacci sequence.
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Made myself a new icon, along with some new tier icons for my Patreon!
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It’s freezing here in little old England, so I thought I’d bring a little sunshine into the studio xx
Paint what makes you happy, paint the Rainbow. x
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Garden Tea Party!
A mixed media painting/collage in watercolours, acrylic inks & paint pens with die cut teapot & teacup.
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In honor of International Women’s Day, today we’re featuring the botanical art of Sarah Ann Drake (1803-1857), a prolific British botanical illustrator. She was trained to create drawings from living plants by botanist and leading member of the Royal Horticultural Society John Lindley, and went on to illustrate a number of books by Lindley and others. This print of orchids is from Lindley’s “Sertum Orchidaceum.” In acknowledgement of her contribution to his work, Lindley named the genus Drakea for her. More here: https://www.georgeglazer.com/prints/nathist/botanical/drakeinv/drakeinv.html
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