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    ✨NEW PAINTING REVEAL✨ Get lost in the buzzing won ✨NEW PAINTING REVEAL✨

Get lost in the buzzing wonderland of the frilly, small-flowered Cinderella orchid. Painted on vellum, the scene portrays the lively ecosystem surrounding this endemic orchid from the Cape Floral Kingdom. 🪲🐛🐝15 little insects persuaded me, whether by sound, humour or acrobatics, to paint them into this magical scene. Some of them were really🕵🏻‍♀️ tiny!

Anyone for an eco version of “Where’s Wally”…?

Limited edition prints for sale. 50% of proceeds go to conservation initiatives done by Coot Club Foundation @coot.club in the Walker Bay Conservancy. DM for more info. 

Big thank you to team @wetink_design for doing a stellar job to capture the subtleties of the artwork and doing a fantastic reproduction of certified, archival prints. 

#botanicalart #ecosystem #orchids
    ✨NEW PAINTING REVEAL✨ This week at @coot.club I h ✨NEW PAINTING REVEAL✨ 
This week at @coot.club I had the pleasure of revealing the second vellum painting in our series of indigenous orchids growing on the reserve. 

It is called the Small-flowered Cinderella Orchid (Acrolophia micrantha). Despite the pollinator still unidentified, my fieldwork revealed an entire wonderland of life happening in the orchid’s natural environment. The temptation was too big, with adorable little creatures all putting on their best behaviour to draw my attention, resulting in the inclusion of 15 creatures painted into the scene! It’s a bit of a “Where is Wally” situation… It includes incredible discoveries such as the life cycle if the Lunate lady beetle, a wattle seed weevil taking flight looking like a scene from ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’, and a monkey beetle landing on a drumstick flower, to name only a few…

Limited edition prints for sale, 50% of proceeds go to conservation initiatives done by Coot Club Foundation in the Walker Bay Conservancy.

#conservation #orchids #southafricanartist
    Exciting fieldwork for next orchid project — Disa Exciting fieldwork for next orchid project — Disa atricapilla & D. bivalvata

#indigenousorchids #botanicalartsouthafrica #southafricanartist
    A few precious moments of silence ✏️🎨🌾 during our A few precious moments of silence ✏️🎨🌾 during our Gwahumbe Nature Journaling Retreat. 

Really enjoyed our handmade journals covered in beautiful @ruttituttidesigns fabric, with bespoke @saltrockleather leather straps.

@gwahumbe @moniqueadie @shanonmackenzie @jacquiteriele @susanbarnes @sharisspy06
    Thank you to @asba.art for awarding me the ✨Lizzie Thank you to @asba.art for awarding me the ✨Lizzie Sanders New Artist Award✨ last weekend at the 31st Annual Conference in Saint Paul, Minnesota! Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend the ceremony, but delighted to share the happy news!

Very grateful to have my work recognised by the American Society of Botanical Artists. It is a significant honour. Looking forward to the journey ahead!

#botanicalart #southafricanartist #passionforart #gratitude
    Sound UP ⬆️ and tune your ears to the magnificentl Sound UP ⬆️ and tune your ears to the magnificently calming sounds of nature 🎶 

With plenty of moving subjects, fieldwork for this cinderella orchid (Acrolophia micrantha) became a wonderland bursting with life! I started wondering, are they all auditioning for the painting?!? Even back in my studio, some hitchhikers who came along wouldn’t sit still to have their portraits painted!

Excited about this new painting on vellum that will form part of a series of orchids painted for @coot.club. Proceeds from the limited edition prints are harvested back into the wonderful conservation work done by @ella.greathead and the Coot Club Foundation. 

#conservation #orchids #capefloralkingdom #healthyecosystem #wonderland #vellum #williamcowley
    Needing to destress towards the end of the year? W Needing to destress towards the end of the year? We still have a few places open for our Nature Journaling art retreat. 

Bookings: info@gwahumbe.co.za

#naturejournaling #artretreat #destress #lovenature #kwazulunatal
    Fieldwork underway for exciting new orchid paintin Fieldwork underway for exciting new orchid painting in progress 💫 more coming soon on the wonder that unfolded around me…✨

@coot.club 

#orchid #botanicalart #fieldwork #southafricanorchids #wonderland #nature
    My temporary studio the past few days was the litt My temporary studio the past few days was the little pond house at @subotgarden… tranquil, serene, the perfect space for an uninterrupted flow of creativity!

Work in progress: Lampranthus reptans (endangered). The big white flowers will only open if the sun shines, and then only for about 2 hours in the afternoon! 😅🤍

This species is from the garden’s special plant collection, painted for the James and Shirley Sherwood collection. 

The weekend concluded with a surprise visit from the ASBA botanical artist tour group. It was a great honour to meet everyone! 

Only a few hours later, South African botanical artists were streaming in for the opening of the Botanical Art and Photography exhibition, curated by @studiostewart100 

Thank you @leecorlett for the lovely photos!

#botanicalart #watercolour #vellum #vygies #white #exhibition #americansocietyofbotanicalartists #baasa
    Well done @leonkluge and thank you for making Sout Well done @leonkluge and thank you for making South Africa proud! Your Chelsea Flowers display in Stanford is simply ASEMROWEND (Afrikaans meaning “steals the breath!”) 🌷🌸🌾🐾

Look out for some new Grootbos Florilegium artworks on display…

#grootbos #stanfordsouthafrica #stanfordflowers #grootbosflorilegium
    A handful of photos (because I was completely dist A handful of photos (because I was completely distracted from taking more!) can’t do any justice to the joyful experience of being surrounded by a small group of artists in one of the closest places to paradise, as far as South Africa goes…

It’s been a great privilege to join @grootbos Masterclass by UK artist @laura.silburn. Lovely new friends were made and old ones reconnected. New ideas, fresh perspectives, and taking a look into an inspiring artists’ behind the scenes work of her magnificent fern paintings. I’m so happy to now be the proud owner of my own, signed copy of Laura’s beautifully illustrated 🌿fern book, fresh off the press!

#masterclass #botanicalart #southafricanartist #capefloralkingdom #watercolour #fern
    I just love Spring and all the life it brings! Had I just love Spring and all the life it brings! Had the wonderful opportunity recently to work at @subotgarden starting my painting of the critically endangered Babiana pygmaea for the new Florilegium of the James and Shirley Sherwood Botanical Art Collection.

Thank you Celeste @the_little_bowerbird for the lovely pic!

A little bit of magic (swipe left) when a Cape honey bee (Apis mellifera capensis) came to visit, getting completely sprinkled in the flower’s white pollen grains! As one of the two known pollinators, she will be getting an honourable feature in the painting 🐝 

#shirleysherwood #stellenboschbotanicalgardens #capefloralkingdom #criticallyendangered #iris #watercolour #botanicalart #pollinations
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