garden

Illustration for a book I'm working on.

pencil colored illustration

The influence of the moon, drawn and painted with gouache and digitally retouched

The garden of the architect and houses of Kassel

Orchid Garden, pen, ink, watercolor, colored pencil on arches cotton rag140 gram hot press

Garden Colored pencil

Garden in Flushing, NY.

Fuschia flowers from the garden which are a favourite with the New Holland Honeyeaters.

A drawing-in-progress of native flora near my home and in my garden. The Lilly Pilly fruits will be made into jam while the Grevilleas provide food for the bees.

Taking a break from the abstract to sketch the Grevilleas growing in the backyard.

A rainy day looking out the studio. It seemed appropriate to use water colour and pen.

I love gardens! I was recently at the opening of the Abbey Millennium Garden so thought I would produce a piece of work celebrating the new garden.

Before I moved, I worked for several years in agriculture. It was hard work, but I have fond memories of that time. My son, by chance, also loves the outdoors and working with his hands. I love gardening together

Digital and hand collage.

While waiting in line at a convention to meet Erika Harlacher-Stone (the voice of Violet Evergarden), I sketched this from a reference. Pretty cool moment to see her reaction when I handed it to her, and I'm happy to report that she is indeed a lovely person.

A whimsical image of a snail perched on a red strawberry, set against a striking blue background.

A colour inverted picture of blue flowers in a garden.

A little Urban Sketch of Setagaya Park, a Japanese garden with a peaceful pond, filled with koi in Vienna, Austria. I used the Derwent Line & Wash Paint Pan Set.

Garden in the Cévennes

A few things hanging out in my garden captured in watercolor.

A freshly sunlit bungalow and front lawn garden.

A finished illo based on a doodle!

Digital design in Procreate.

A little whimsical farmhouse complete with chickens, a garden, a well, and even smoke curling up from the chimney! TYL for country whimsy...

Daily sketch , while sitting in from of a fresh mint growing in a lovely vintage bucket.

“Claire!” Elle woke up with her daughter’s name on her lips. Startled, she sat up and looked around the living room with her heart still beating loudly in her chest. A dream, she realized dazedly. Slowly, she crossed the way to the back door. With unseeing eyes she gazed out into the garden. She remembered waking up in the hospital six years ago and seeing her husband sitting next to her. She remembered how he took her hand into his and looked at her with eyes full of despair. He told her that the doctor thought Claire might not survive. That she might die before she was even born, die before she had a chance to look into her mum’s eyes, feel a kiss on her forehead, clench her little fist around her dad’s finger, hear them speaking to her without a belly barrier between them… It was a silent, terrible death. It was the death of someone so precious, so innocent, so tiny… Elle took a shuddering breath.

From a series on garden perennials