Sue Wickison Design 2 views

Sue was born and brought up in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Her passion for natural history was nurtured by her father, a teacher, amateur botanist and artist who used to take her on expeditions locating, identifying and collecting botanical specimens
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    Tacca chantrieri - Seed pods
    Original available.The plum seeds pods from the Wellington Botanic Garden’s collection were a joy to paint with their subtle transition of colour through the blacks to the fading greens of the sepals at the base of the pods.I loved the movement of the overall piece and tried to capture this in the...
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    Ceropegia woodii
    , commonly known as "String of Hearts" is a charming succulent plant admired for its delicate, cascading vines adorned with small, heart-shaped leaves. also produces unique tuberous roots and occasionally blooms with small, tubular flowers resembling miniature lanterns.What intrigued me about this t...
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    Aponogeton ranunculiflorus
    Sehlabathebe waterlilyWatercolour on vellumSize of image area 190 x 580 mmLearn more about the journey here
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    Fiji leaves with Mycillium
    Original sold to the Isaac Sutton Collection. A4 print Available.Exhibited at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, London, UK 12 Oct 2013 - 05 Jan 2014.
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    Phormium tenax — Flax or Harakeke
    Size 71cm x 134cmOriginal sold into a Royal Collection, UKGiclee print available.
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    Libertia ixioides
    Framed size 71cm x 134cmOriginal sold into a Royal Collection UKGiclee print available
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    Sophora tetraptera
    Framed size 71cm x 134cmOriginal sold in UK.Giclee print available.
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    Tecomanthe speciosa
    90cm x 90cmOriginal sold in New Zealand.Giclee print available
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    Lobelia physaloides
    90cm x 90cmOriginal sold in New Zealand.
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    Hebe speciosa
    90cm x 90cmOriginal sold in UK.Giclee print available
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    Aristolochia gigantea
    Original sold at the Palmengarten Exhibition in Frankfurt Germany November 2014Exhibited at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, London, UK 12 Oct 2013 - 05 Jan 2014.
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    Amorphophallus konjac — Devil's tongue
    This is a plant that caused quite a stir when it flowered for the first time in 10 years at the Wellington Botanic Gardens New Zealand.As it is pollinated by flies, the unusual flower gives off a very putrid smell which makes getting up close to see the details of the beautiful colour changes a very...
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    Arisaema franchetianum - juvenile & mature plant
    Native to China and discovered by French plant explorer Pere Farges in the early 1900s.The bold and dramatic stripes of the flower attracted me to paint it several times larger to encourage the viewer to almost want to climb inside the plant.Image size: 565 x 1000 mmFrame size: 800 x 1260 mmMedium: ...
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    Arisaema fargesii
    Native to China and discovered by French plant explorer Pere Farges in the early 1900s. The bold and dramatic stripes of the flower attracted me to paint it several times larger to encourage the viewer to almost want to climb inside the plant.Image size: 565 x 1000 mmFrame size: 800 x 1260 mmMedium:...
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    Arisaema sikokianum
    Size: 500 x 650mmOriginal available.Exhibited at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, London, UK 12 Oct 2013 - 05 Jan 2014.
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    Arisaema speciosum
    What attracted me to this Arisaema were the lovely rich deep colours of the hooded spathe, the mottled stem and the curious very long spadix tip. It is thought to be so long that it can dandle down on to the ground or be carried up into the leaf as my plant was to attract ants and guide them back do...
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    Arisaema ringens
    Size of original watercolour in mount 68 x 68 cmOriginal available.
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    Arisaema candidissimum Striped Cobra Lily
    A perennial native to oak forests, wooded valleys, and rocky cliffs in western China. This is a particularly elegant and pretty Arisaema and I love the delicate pinks and white markings through the spathe. A delicate fragrance is emitted as the bud unfurls to attract the pollinator a Parentia specie...
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    Arisarum proboscideum Arum Family
    Mouse PlantA shade loving plants, this was painted from living material grown in the Wellington Botanic Gardens. I love the movement of this unusual little plant where the flowers grow beneath the leaves as if they are little mice hiding.The flowers (spadix) are enclosed within a hooded dark purplis...
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    Harveya speciosa
    Harveya is a genus of parasitic plants found in southern Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. a montane species found in the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa and the Maluti mountains of Lesotho. It is a distinctive plant, mostly white to off-white. It is said to grow up to a metre tall...
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    Capsicum annuum Chilli pepper
    “Too Hot to Handle" Capsicum annuum, commonly known as the chili pepper or chilli, is a highly popular and widely cultivated plant species within the Solanaceae family. These peppers are native to Central and South America but have become integral to cuisines worldwide, adding a distinctive spicy ...
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