She then uses a dry brush technique to crisp, polish and define the most minute details as she finishes the painting.
    Sue is a member of the exclusive Society of Botanical Artists in the United Kingdom. There’s a society for botanical artists in Australia which she contemplates joining and a fledgling Canterbury Botanical Art Society in Christchurch.
    There’s not, she says, a great understanding of botanical illustration in New Zealand. People don’t see it as a fine art. Realism, she believes, is not as much in vogue as abstraction. Yet when she painted at the Wellington Botanic Garden people were fascinated to watch her at work.
    It’s a matter of educating people. And, slowly, she is.

To see more of Sue’s work visit www.suewickisondesign.com

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