Botanical illustration has been a popular art form for centuries, with its appealing traditions of the detail and beauty in plants, which can surpass most other art forms in achieving such precision and accuracy in drawing.
Botanical artist Gillian Receveur who lives in Havelock North has had two of her botanical drawings selected by Botanical Art Worldwide for an exhibition.
They will join a selection of 40 drawings from New Zealand artists for this show (the first of its kind) at the Auckland Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre Gallery, showing from March 30–July 1.
The exhibition will then go on tour to Wellington, Blenheim and Christchurch and later, the selected works from botanical artists around the world will be collected together into a major exhibition.
It is a very exciting development for Mrs Receveur, who was only introduced to botanical drawing four years ago at Keirunga Artists.