Back in April of this year I had the incredible opportunity to attend the ‘Botanical Sketchbook Study: Intermediate’ course at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in London. This course offered a perfect blend of art and botany, drawing in fellow plant enthusiasts and artists alike. The class was taught by the wonderful botanical artist Lucy Smith who shared her work and process with us over the three day course.

The garden always provides so much inspiration for my artwork. The shapes, colours and ever changing nature of it all just fascinates me. Dahlias are stunningly beautiful and fill the garden with colour at the end of summer when so many other flowers have faded and gone to seed. They are bold, colourful and unapologetic.