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Bridget Gillespie
Copyright: The Press, York
Bridget Gillespie first turned to botanical illustration when asked by a friend to paint her wedding bouquet, following a degree and professional career in graphics. In 2002, she was awarded a Gold Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society for a series of plum paintings, two of which now reside at the RHS Lindley Library in London. In 2008 she received a Certificate of Botanical Merit from the Society of Botanical Artists for a painting of helleborus orientalis. Bridget paints from living material on cotton rag paper, using fine watercolours. She teaches botanical illustration and lectures on the history of botanical painting.
Bridget has exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society, the Society of Botanical Artists, Shandy Hall in Coxwold, the Look Gallery in Helmsley and the University of Durham.
Click here to view her Pomona Sequence - Apples of Distinction, created for The Northern Pomona: Apples for Cool Climates.