Titles | Thin-clibbed Mantis Orchid Caladenia astrovespa, Large Duck Orchid Calochilus platychilus, Purple Beard Orchid Calochilus platychilus

Medium | watercolour on vellum*, pale oak with acid free single mat

Size | 10 x 10 cm (image size), 25 × 2 x 25 cm (framed size)

Australian and International Shipping | When checking out, you can choose click and collect (for locals) or custom shipping invoice (Australia and International). Anne will be in touch at the end of the exhibition once your artwork/s is packed and will seek a custom quote from Australia Post.

A little artist statement | Cheryl is a natural history artist, painting plants and insects in watercolour. She enjoys painting Australian native plants and insects, and more recently has been focusing on threatened and endangered species. Cheryl teaches both botanical and insect illustration. She hopes that through her painting and teaching, she will encourage people to look at the natural world with curiosity and fascination and therefore be more inclined to take care of it.

Cheryl has won numerous awards she has held three solo exhibitions. Her works are held in private and public collections in Australia and overseas including the Florilegium of the Sydney Botanic Gardens, CSIRO Canberra and the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh.

*My paintings are on natural calfskin vellum (not man-made). I buy it from William Cowley’s in the UK. It is treated with pumice powder to make it very smooth, and you have to use a very dry brush as water will make it buckle. Also wet paint will lift the paint you have already applied. There are several different types of vellum, I usually use manuscript vellum or this natural vellum - I have tried Kelmscott but did not like it.