Since graduating in spring 2011 from the Society of Botanical Artists Diploma course,  I've not   really managed to get back into the sw...

Very quick painting of a crocus, not sure I'm very happy with it - looks a bit stiff, so I may rework it to give it more movement and sh...

I think this hellebore is White Spotted Lady.  It's never flowered before this year, which is odd because all the others in the garden h...

It's about time I uploaded some of the flowers from my 30 day flower challenge, so here we go with a Iris reticulata hybrid , I think it...

I didn't quite make the finish with the leaf challenge but it doesn't mean I can't try again! I did quite a lot some of which I ...

Ornamental cherry from outside my daughter's house in Stoke on Trent Picked up at a motorway service station in Glasgow on the tri...

I'm a bit behind with posting the leaf challenge images but will try to catch up. Here are the leaves from week two. Red oak from Tre...

Here's a selection of leaves painted for the first week of the 30 day leaf challenge. There's no doubt that some leaves are defini...

On October the 1st I started a challenge - to paint 30 leaves in 30 days! The task was set by botanical artist and illustrator Mindy Lighthi...

I've been painting a few botanical miniatures for my daughter's online jewellery shop, pollypoppit. Great fun and so intricate, rem...