Dr Shirley Sherwood has dedicated the last 26 years to travelling extensively and amassing an astonishing collection of contemporary botanical illustrations from artists around the world.
Dr Sherwood has selected a beautiful assortment of over 80 paintings by British botanical artists from her remarkable collection. Spectacular large scale works by Coral Guest and Rosie Sanders will sit alongside a stunning life sized portrait of the Titan arum, the largest flower in the world, which was painted simultaneously by 3 artists to capture its growth to over 9 feet in just a few days.
New paintings by Brigid Edwards and Fiona Strickland as well as a selection of works by Kew artists from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine will also be on display.
British Artists in Shirley Sherwood Collection (25 March to 17 September 2017).
Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Kew Gardens.
