botanicalannie
contemporary botanical art
Recent paintings - new botanical illustrations are added as they are completed or as work in progress. These realistic fine art paintings are watercolour on paper or on vellum and range from flowers to vegetables, some are depicted with seeds and roots. Most of the plants are grown here in my French garden, situated in the Loire Valley.
Please check for updates or contact me for a list of paintings for sale.Click on a painting for more information
botanical illustration
is a way of identifying and documenting plants for scientific records. Used for many centuries it is still used today.
contemporary botanical art
requires accuracy in color, form and detail to realistically represent a plant but in less formal compositions. Botanical artists focus on the aesthetics, choosing details and close ups and sometimes selecting
just one section of a plant.
In 2022 Annie was warded the Diane Bouchier Artist Award for Excellence in Botanical Art 2022
by the ASBA (American Society Botanical Artists) plus RHS medals (Royal Horticultural Society) -
see all awards on the Exhibitions page
https://www.asba-art.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=92618&module_id=649988
In 2010 Annie left the UK and is now located in the Loire valley in France, where she is perfectly located in Champigny sur Veude, where she grows and collects unusual and interesting plants to paint. She combines traditional drawing and painting skills with lively contemporary compositions. Her original botanical paintings are watercolors on paper and vellum with some in gouache or oil.
Plant subjects range from tulips to cabbages and each botanical painting is unique and painted from a 'real' plant and can take many hours/weeks of work.
See Exhibitions page for a list of exhibitions and publications
If you are interested in a botanical illustration or commissioning a plant portrait,
please contact me for information.
2002...
After a long career in design for a very diverse range of clients, Annie changed direction and gained a Diploma in Botanical Illustration from the English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden, London in 2002.
Exhibitions followed in the USA, Australia, UK and Europe and she contributes to Florilegia and public and private collections. These include the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, the Highgrove Florilegium, the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and the Sydney Florilegium, Chateau de Villandry and the Shirley Sherwood Collection. Annie Patterson was a founder member of the Hampton Court Palace Florilegium Society and contributed to the collection before relocating to France in 2010.
She is a gallery artist at Forum botanische-kunst, Germany, run by Sylvia Peter and specializes in 'botanical' subjects.