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Hello folks, Happy New Year to you all!

Well, the light is slowly coming back and I’m looking forward to seeing what 2025 brings. I’ve planted hundreds of fritillaries, tulips and alliums – hoping for a glut of glorious subjects!

SHOP NEWS

I put together some seasonal card boxed packs, along with some new household bits and bobs. Below is the ‘winter’ card selection, available through my etsy shop:

 

WORK IN PROGRESS

I’m working on a joyous amaryllis at the moment – she’s just opening up, and I think she’s got quite a triumphant air about her! I’m also working on some smaller pieces for a change of scale after stretching over the big peony for so long.

 

EXHIBITION

A big peony of mine, ‘Peony, Greenbank Garden‘, is hanging as part of the current exhibition ‘Botanical Blues‘ at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art in Kew Gardens, London.

This exhibition will be on until the 23rd of March 2025.

RECENT WORK

Finished, but yet to be scanned is my second peony from Greenbank Garden’s gorgeous little walled garden bit (thanks to the gardeners who let me basically deadhead their peonies now and again!). It’s my biggest painting yet, at 105 x 76 cm, and I’ve got a drawerful of fabriano artistico paper at this size, so will be using more of it this year.

 

I put the finishing touches to my Darmera peltata leaf, and had it scanned. Pretty happy with how it turned out, it feels satisfyingly crunchy.

Thank you so much for reading, and happy internetting. All the best for 2025!

Victoria