Personal Information
37120 Champigny sur Veude, France
E-mail: annie.patterson67@gmail.com
Website: www.botanicalannie.com
Education
- Graphic design BA - 1974-2010
- Diploma in Botanical art 2000-2002 – Chelsea Physic Garden – Anne-Marie Evans, Gillian Barlow
Memberships and Collections
- Hampton Court Palace Florilegium Society – Fellow, founder member
- American Society for Botanical Artists
- Florilegium Society at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Australia
- Highgrove Florilegium
- Royal Botanic Gardens Kew collection, London
- Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburg USA
- Dutch Society of Botanical Artists
- SFIB – society for Botanical Artists in France
Techniques
Watercolour on paper and vellum, gouache and occasionally oil paint
Description
Subjects are painted from ‘real’ plants in a naturalistic way, aiming for interesting compositions whilst still maintaining botanical accuracy. Most plants sourced from my own garden from an ever growing collection of specimens.
