May
13
Good-bye old garden. Hello new garden.
Work to do!
Nature Table
Nature Table is the blog of London based natural history illustrator Louise O'Reilly. "I draw what I see and learn about wildlife by researching what I notice. I am a trained botanical illustrator with a fascination for the natural world on my doorstep."
May
12
Artist’s book: The Gardens at Ham House
Part of the aim of the interaction programme is to create new and engaging interpretation materials for the garden at Ham House. The artist’s book produced as part of this project explores the gardens as they were during the lifetime of Elizabeth Dysart, opening up the story of the 17th-century Status Garden.
Artist Louise O’Reilly and Historian Sally Jeffery have partnered to produce this work, basing the content on new research using plans and descriptions of the garden from the period, and documents from the archives between 1653 and 1698.
When developing the book the artist and historian held workshops with service users from Spear, a local homeless charity. Students from Richmond College Visual Art department also worked, with the artist as a mentor, to respond to the same theme.
The book takes a tour around the gardens highlighting features likely to have been important to the Duchess and illustrating plants known to have been grown by her. The display of exotics such as oranges and pomegranates as specimens speak loudly of her power, wealth and subsequent high ranking position in 17th-century society.
The artist’s book is a limited edition print run. Early visitors to Garden of Reason will be able to pick up a copy free in the resource room. After the first few weeks of the exhibition, copies will be limited to special group visitors and holders of a National Art Pass.
May
6
Garden of Reason: Artist’s book: The Gardens at Ham House
Part of the aim of the interaction programme is to create new and engaging interpretation materials for the garden at Ham House. The artist’s book produced as part of this project explores the gardens as they were during the lifetime of Elizabeth Dysart, opening up the story of the 17th Century…
The wonderful Garden of Reason project curated by Tessa Fitzjohn for the National Trust at Ham House opened on 25 April and runs until 23 September. I was lucky enough to be commissioned to create an artist’s book about the garden with historian Sally Jeffery as part of the interaction programme run by Ruth Clarke.
Mar
8
Plant drawings for Ham House. Drawing like wood block prints from 17th century herbals.
Oct
8
Sunday 4 September 2011
A walk on Camber Sands, Kent.
May
31
Sheds Rock! I had the pleasure of exhibiting in the gazebo of Alison Firth’s garden for the Dulwich Festival Open House in May 2011. I can’t think of a better venue for showing botanical drawings.
May
6
Magnificent Frigatebird and White-tailed Tropicbird watched from Happy Grove on the North Eastern Jamaican coast on 30 April 2011. By 7.00 am the Tropicbirds have flown out to sea returning it dusk. They feed on the reef, 20 miles from shore.
Nov
19
Malaysian Leaf Insect from the University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology. Insect drawing course with Ian Loe MBE, entomological illustrator and specialist in Lepodiptera, at the Botanical Gardens, Cambridge. This insect would have been green in life but has faded rather elegantly over time. The label is lost so we have no idea of when it was collected.
Oct
13
Wonderful installation by London Fieldworks. Part of the Secret Garden Project. I hope lots of species nest.
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