16/08/2025
My artwork ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ has been selected for the 2025 Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden Botanical Art & Photography exhibition.
The exhibition will be at the Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden and runs from 13 September 2025 to 16 January 2026. So pop in if you are so inclined.
๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, captures the steady and multistage transformation of ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฅ๐ข during its blooming months. Nitida evolves from a tight bud of bronze & green bracts which then transforms to green, with a bundle of velvety, bronze tipped florets rising out of the bract cluster. It then unfurls, transforming into a wide bowl of florets and pollen presenter needles.
My experience of the forms, movement, colours and textures during the Nitida metamorphosis from bud to full flowerhead inspired the creation of this work.
I started ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ด_๐๐ช๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ in 2021, a creative platform through which I channel my love of fynbos and create my fynbos artworks.
If you love fynbos too, follow Cape Fynbos Micro for my adventures through the Fynbos Biome and the artworks that they inspire.
Thank you to Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden for the opportunity to be part of this exhibition, and to Stephen at Art Assist for the superb artwork prints and valuable printing advice.