Lavender, L. x intermedia Giant Blue
This Lavender print is of L. x intermedia ‘Giant Blue’
Selected for it simple elegance and distinct silvery blue colouring. Printed on heavy acid free paper, using high quality archival inks, using the finest colour matching from the original painting. The original painting is rendered in watercolour, and was awarded an RHS Silver Gilt Medal in 2017 at the Botanical Art Show, Westminster, London.
There are only 150 signed prints in this series.
Dimensions
A3 (297mm x 420 mm)
All prints will be signed, embossed and numbered by the Artist.
Struck by the elegance and delicate beauty of lavender plants, they have been a joy to paint and observe. Becoming fascinated not just be the very intricacies of each flower spike and biodiversity of 39 species, their hybrids and almost 400 cultivars, but also for attracting a wealth of pollinators.
For the larger artwork, I wanted to illustrate a plant with a late summer flower and also a popular variant of Lavender. After several discussions with Simon Charlesworth of Downderry Nursery a decision was made to choose the L. x intermedia ‘Giant Blue’ as not only it was a plant that had both of these properties but also one I could obtain in the winter with existing flower spikes attached. From my initial research I had discovered that the Macroglossum stelatarum ‘Hummingbird Hawkmoth’ was an observed pollinator on the intermedia species and thought it would make an excellent accompaniment to the illustration.
When working on larger botanical illustrations whilst keeping strictly with dimensions and to scales of each subject, I also like to incorporate the composition within a Golden ratio grid which I have devised from the calculations of the Fibonacci sequence. My desire to do this to such a meticulous level is not only to create a well balanced artwork that will ultimately be aesthetically pleasing, but also as a parallel to many of the exquisite formations observed in nature. The root ball and very tips of the flower spikes fit perfectly within a Golden Spiral, the Hummingbird Hawk Moth, fits exactly onto the strongest point within the Golden section and the smaller details were lined up to fit carefully within sections of the Golden Pentagon.
THE GARDEN COLLECTION
A collection of artworks produced for exhibitions with the Royal Horticultural Society in England.
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) was founded in 1804 in London, England, as the Horticultural Society of London and gained it’s present name in a Royal Charter was granted in 1861. The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity, who’s charitable purpose is to encourage and improve science, art and horticulture.
The charity promotes horticulture through flower shows such as RHS Chelsea, Hampton Court Palace and Tatton Park, it also supports training for amateur and professional gardeners.
The featured Botanical Illustration, is a true to life representation of the Giant Blue Lavender, awarded a Royal Horticultural Society Silver Gilt Medal in 2017.
