I specialise in capturing detail, creating photorealistic depictions of plants, demonstrating their structure and beauty, producing modern botanical illustrations in various media. I work in watercolour, Japanese ink paste and screen-print. Each offers a different refinement on a close observational process.
I work with found and grown plants, cultivating and documenting through the seasons, with a growing collection of interesting specimens.
‘Like walking into a greenhouse’, ‘surrounded by plant life’ are common descriptions of my shows, I love this idea of Greening the Grey and striking up a conversation about how important plants are to our ecosystems & mental health.
Marianne Hazlewood Dip BI is a Scottish, RHS Gold award-winning botanical illustrator. Initially a graphic designer, Marianne subsequently studied botanical illustration at RBGE. She was a recipient of the VAS Open Eye Gallery Exhibition award in 2019 and had a solo show with the Open Eye Gallery in October 2020.