image galleries
Explore the wide range of Lucy’s botanical art and illustration from various projects and commissions.
Scroll down to see all nine galleries: Victoria Water Lilies, Palms of New Guinea, Scientific Botanical Illustration, Palms of North Queensland, Botanical Sketchbooks, Press and Film, Paintings and Commissions, Works in Graphite and The Ship.
Victoria water lilies
Lucy’s ongoing independent project, illustrating the giant water lilies of the genus Victoria to show the unique features of the night-flowering genus.
Palms of new guinea
Pen and Ink botanical illustrations of the entire known palm flora of New Guinea, now published as a book by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
scientific botanical illustration
Pen and Ink botanical illustrations of plants, produced in collaboration with botanists.
palms of north queensland
Lucy’s Masters of Creative Arts project, illustrating the native palms of North Queensland, Australia.
BOTANICAL SKETCHBOOks
Plant studies from Lucy’s botanical sketchbooks which document plants’ forms and colour, experiment with techniques and prepare for finished pieces.
PRESS AND FILM
Lucy’s work filmed for Kew Gardens, BBC, and the Victoria & Albert Museum; and featured in press articles and blogs.
commissions and Paintings
Illustrations in colour for publication, personal commissions, and exhibition.
Works in graphite
Finely rendered monochrome work in graphite.
the ship
In 2001, Lucy spent six weeks drawing and painting plants onboard a replica of the Endeavour.