NEW! - 40 x 50cm Giclée Bespoke Mounted Special Edition Prints -Numbered & Signed

A3 Giclée Bespoke Mounted Botanical Prints

The bespoke mounts were made for me by my local Art Shop in Norwich. The two works below are produced on Hemp.

ISO 9706 longevity

SIZE: The (A3) sizes without the external mount are: Portrait: 29.7 x 42cm

Outside Edge of mount measurements for framing: 40 x 50cm

Personally numbered and signed on Hahnemühle Cotton Rag Giclée 308 GSM

UK Hahnemühle Printing on Archival Paper - derived from scans of my original botanical artworks. Both these plants still grow in my garden each year.

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1) Hellebore

2) Snake's Head Fritillary Fritillaria meleagris - from an original watercolour

Hellebore info:

A true botanical illustration, showing all aspects of the plant and relevant dissections.
Helleborus × hybridus ‘Reanna’s Ruby’ This beautiful Hellebore grows in my garden each year, appearing in the depths of Winter. It is often called the 'Christmas Rose' or 'Lenten Rose' and the variety I chose a few years ago has the most beautiful ruby-coloured blooms, fading to a lime green.

I really put a lot of effort into the composition, so you will see that the negative space is as important as the positive. I have aimed to reveal all stages of growth, from the new shoot in graphite, buds, opening blooms and full blooms that have reached their peak.

The plant provides a multitude of colours, from the opalescent shiny underside of the leaves in pinks, browns and dark greens, to the mottled leaves and stems (and the details on this single leaf took many many hours to capture!)

The filaments and anthers were very tricky within each bloom but I felt the effort of replicating botanical detail as closely as possible is imperative to understanding the Hellebore fully.

The notations for the dissections and enlargements are as follows:

a) Inferior ovary, style (pistil comprising of carpels) and stigma
b) New shoot enlargement
c) Half flower (longitudal dissection)
d) Half flower bud (longitudal dissection)

I can imagine this print as a wonderful wedding gift to someone who loves flowers. Perhaps it could be a cheerful print for a chic business, florist, keen gardener, or reside on the walls of a manor house. The work could fit well in the dining room, living area or study, hopefully giving light and colour to someone's day! Most importantly, I hope this Hellebore print gives the recipient as much joy as the process of being able to paint it.

For this piece, I have chosen the highest quality archival Hahnemühle Cotton Rag Giclée. These thick, smooth papers last for 80 years+, have a fantastic colour quality that I find replicates the original details to such an extent, it would be difficult to separate them.

Hahnemühle Cotton Rag Giclée - From an Original Watercolour on St. Cuthbert's Mill Bockingford Traditional Watercolour Hot Pressed Paper

I use a carbon neutral delivery company in the UK for these prints, which are all of the highest archival quality.

Backed with card and sealed in a transparent sleeve.

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